Claire’s Knee
In this talky lighthearted slow-paced melodrama, Jerome, a cultural attache, spends his last summer holidays as a bachelor at Lake Annecy where he meets Aurora, an Italian writer and old friend. She talks him into a flirt with his landlady's teenage daughter, Laura, which he indulges in until he meets and falls for Laura's blonde half-sister Claire and develops a desire to caress her knee. Jerome eventually dares to try his luck with Claire, only to realize that, unlike with Laura, his affections this time are mostly one-sided. —Otto Oberhauser <[email protected]>
Director: Éric Rohmer
Actors: Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Fabrice Luchini, Gérard Falconetti, Jean-Claude Brialy, Laurence de Monaghan, Michèle Montel
Country: France