Edition 2026
23'
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1963
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Drama, Romance
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Format:
Digital file
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Dialogue:
French
La Boulangère de Monceau is a short, playful tale of falling in love and seduction, in which a young Parisian is torn between two women but ultimately remains faithful to his first love. The themes that would later recur as central motifs in Rohmer’s body of work, are all already present here.
Three years after the fiasco of his ill-fated debut Le Signe du lion (1959), Rohmer shot La Boulangère de Monceau (The Bakery Girl of Monceau, 1963) using borrowed 16mm equipment; it was the first of his Six Moral Tales. A young Parisian (Barbet Schroeder) dumps a baker’s daughter as soon as the woman he is truly in love with reappears. This 22-minute short film already contains all the central themes – wandering, chance, desire and moral choice – and narrative strategies that characterise Rohmer’s later work.
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Directors
Éric Rohmer
Cast
Barbet Schroeder, Claudine Soubrier, Michèle Girardon, Fred Junck, Michel Mardore, Bertrand Tavernier
Scenario
Éric Rohmer
Director of Photography
Bruno Barbey, Jean-Michel Meurice
Editors
Jackie Raynal, Éric Rohmer
Producers
Barbet Schroeder, Georges Derocles
Production studios
Les Films Du Losange, Studios Africa
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Dialogue
French
Countries of production
France
Year
1963
Technical Specs
Format
Digital file
