Pauline at the Beach

Pauline ŕ la plage, feature film, 1983

DIRECTED BY: Éric Rohmer

Pauline at the Beach

CAST:
Amanda Langlet (Pauline),
Arielle Dombasle (Marion),
Pascal Greggory (Pierre),
Féodor Atkine (Henri),
Simon de La Brosse (Sylvain)

SCRIPT:
Eric Rohmer

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Néstor Almendros

Synopsis:
Fifteen year old Pauline goes to Normandy to vacation with her older divorced cousin Marion. Beautiful and successful Marion is still waiting for true love. During the holidays she meets her old acquaintance Pierre, who is still in love with her, and his older friend Henri whom she likes. Meanwhile Pauline is skeptical and awed by grown ups’ games of flirting, love and disappointments…

35 mm, color, 95 min