BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS BY ERIC ROHMER

In this movie Boyfriends and Girlfriends, Blanche came in a trendy new town called Cergy Pontoise near Paris. Although she has her new residence and her new job but she has no guardian or no one to take care of. Blanche meets Lea at the swimming pool and also one of Lea's acquaintances, Alexandre. Blanche approaches him. The movie talks about how Lea and Blanche keeps on changing boyfriends.

Key casts are Emmanuelle Chaulet as Blanche, Sophie Renoir as Lea, Francois Eric Gendron as Alexandre.

10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS:

1. The film is fresh and youthful.
2. The film Boyfriends and Girlfriends highlights on the modern urban culture.
3. The actors are brilliant in showcasing their talents.
4. The cinematography of Bernard Lutic is too good.
5. Director Eric Rohmer's Boyfriends and Girlfriends are view's delight.
6. The movie is one of the top French language movies.
7. The French film can be ranked under top 100 foreign movies.
8. It is a great movie for youngsters.
9. The film can be watched by all movie lovers too.

I also recommend you to watch these two movies:

Le Million: In the 1931 film, an impoverished artist discovers he has bought a winning lottery ticket at the very moment his creditors come to collect. Unfortunately, the ticket is in the pocket of his threadbare coat and he left it in his not so reliable girlfriend's apartment.

Our Hospitality: This 1923 film talks about Buster Keaton's charming and nostalgic look at old-fashioned Southern mores, manners and murder.

César Awards, France
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1988 Nominated César Best Writing - Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation)
Eric Rohmer

Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin)
Sophie Renoir

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Éric Rohmer (20 March 1920 - 11 January 2010) was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher.He was the son of Mathilde (née Bucher) and Lucien Scherer.Rohmer was a Roman Catholic. Rohmer came to international attention around 1969 when one of his films was recognised at the Academy Awards.Working initially as a teacher, Rohmer worked as a newspaper journalist also.Rohmer's films concentrate on intelligent, articulate protagonists who frequently fail to own up to their desires. In 2001, his life's work was recognised when he received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.In 2007 Rohmer's final film The Romance of Astrea and Celadon was shown during the Venice Film Festival,he spoke of retiring.

*** Contes moraux (Six Moral Tales)
* 1963 La Boulangère de Monceau (The Bakery Girl of Monceau) - short, not released theatrically
* 1963 La Carrière de Suzanne (Suzanne's Career) - short, not released theatrically
* 1967 La Collectionneuse (The Collector)
* 1969 Ma nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maud's) - although planned as the third moral tale, its production was delayed due to the unavailability of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant. It was released after the fourth tale.
* 1970 Le Genou de Claire (Claire's Knee)
* 1972 L'Amour l'après-midi (Love in the Afternoon/Chloe in the Afternoon)
*** Other feature films
* 1959 Le Signe du lion
* 1976 La Marquise d'O... (The Marquise of O...)
* 1978 Perceval le Gallois
* 1980 Catherine de Heilbronn
* 1987 Le trio en si bémol
* 1987 Quatre Aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle (Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle)
* 1993 L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque (The Tree, The Mayor, and the Mediatheque)
* 1995 Les Rendez-vous de Paris (Rendezvous in Paris)
* 2000 L'Anglaise et le duc (The Lady and the Duke)
* 2004 Triple Agent
* 2007 Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon
*** Other short films
* 1950 Journal d'un scélérat
* 1952 Les Petites filles modèles (unfinished)
* 1954 Bérénice
* 1956 La Sonate à Kreutzer
* 1958 Véronique et son cancre
* 1960 Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak
* 1963 see above, Contes moraux (Six Moral Tales)
* 1964 Nadja à Paris
* 1965 "Place de l'Étoile" from Paris vu par... (Six in Paris)
* 1966 Une Étudiante d'aujourd'hui
* 1983 Loup y es-tu? (Wolf, Are You There?)
* 1986 Bois ton café (Drink your coffee it's getting cold!) (music video)
* 1997 Fermière à Montfaucon
* 1997 Un dentiste exemplaire
* 1999 Une histoire qui se dessine
* 2004 Le canapé rouge

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