Overview
The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.
Production
Les Films de la Pléiade · Les Films des deux mondes · Les Films du Carrosse · Les Films du Losange · Les Productions de la Guéville · Renn Productions · Simar Films · SFP
Cast & Characters
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis
Françoise Fabian
Maud
Marie-Christine Barrault
Françoise
Antoine Vitez
Vidal
Leonid Kogan
Concert Violinist
Guy Léger
Priest
Anne Dubot
Blonde Friend
Marie Becker
Marie (uncredited)
Marie-Claude Rauzier
Student (uncredited)
Directors & Crew
Éric Rohmer
Director
Éric Rohmer
Writer
Pierre Cottrell
Producer
Barbet Schroeder
Producer
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