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638,445 admissions (France) [1] Claire's Knee ( French: Le Genou de Claire) is a 1970 French romantic drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. It follows a soon-to-be-married man and his conflicted relationship with two teenage girls. The film stars Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand and Laurence de Monaghan.
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Feb 21, 1971 · Claire's Knee: Directed by Éric Rohmer. With Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan. On lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage half-sisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that the girls have boyfriends.
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Jean-Claude Brialy is excellent in a difficult role. He has to relate with three women in the movie, and yet remain implicitly faithful to the unseen Lucinda. He does, and since the sexuality in his performance is suppressed, it is, of course, all the more sensuous. "Claire's Knee" is a movie for people who still read good novels, care about ...
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Feb 9, 2006 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Claire's Knee is a movie for people who still read good novels, care about good films, and think occasionally. Rated: 4/4 ...
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- Éric Rohmer
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- Jean-Claude Brialy
Eric Rohmer. Claire’s Knee. “Why would I tie myself to one woman?” asks Jerôme in Claire’s Knee, though he plans to marry a diplomat’s daughter by summer’s end. He spends his July at a lakeside boardinghouse, nursing crushes on the sixteen-year-old Laura and, more tantalizingly, her long-legged, blonde, older half sister, Claire.
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Jun 18, 2014 · Claire's Knee (1970) -- (Movie Clip) I Only Remember One Girlfriend The title, denoting the film as the fifth in Eric Rohmer's partly un-released series, and the opening on Lake Annency in the French Alps, finds Jerome (Jean-Claude Brialy) reunited with Aurora (Cornu), then meeting her summer landlord (Michele Montel), in Claire's Knee, 1970.
Claire’s Knee. Directed by Eric Rohmer • 1970 • France. Starring Jean-Claude Brialy, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan. “Why would I tie myself to one woman?” asks Jerôme in CLAIRE’S KNEE, though he plans to marry a diplomat’s daughter by summer’s end. He spends his July at a lakeside boardinghouse, nursing crushes on the ...