A Good Marriage
by Eric Rohmer
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Actor: André Dussollier, Arielle Dombasle, Béatrice Romand, Féodor Atkine, Huguette FagetDirector: Eric Rohmer
Cinematographer: Bernard Lutic
Writer: Eric Rohmer
Editor: Cécile Decugis
Producer: Margaret Ménégoz
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-06-15
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Fox Lorber
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Movie Review: Her Ability To Laugh At Herself Makes Film Stellar
Summary: 5 Stars
Eric Rohmer's film stars Beatrice Romand who impulsively decides that a man she barely knows would make an ideal husband. She throws herself body and soul into his conquest, leaving her old boy friend in the dust. To say she is single minded in pursuit of this Parisian lawyer is a vast understatement. Virtually everyone will find themselves thanking the powers that be that they are not the Parisian lawyer. I am sure most men dread finding themselves in this quandary. The natural reaction is to think of her as a fruitcake and to have very little sympathy for her, especially if you are a man. Then she does something that makes this movie extraordinary. She laughs at herself. She sees the utter ludicrousness of what she is doing and just laughs at herself. This may seem like a simple thing but I can't think of another film which has done something so spectacular. This after all is what separates the ordinary person who wants to fall in love, get married, have a family, and grow old together from a crazed stalker. Almost every other film maker would have chosen to make this a crazed stalker film. But Eric Rohmer instead gave us a nuanced, complex view of ordinary people who often make fools of themselves over their personal lives. Yet most of them have developed senses of humor as part of their adaptation skills so they can dust themselves off and go on. This is real life.
Summary of A Good Marriage
The second of Eric Rohmer's "Comedies and Proverbs" series, A Good Marriage stars Béatrice Romand as Sabine, a headstrong, emotional Roller coaster of a searching single woman. She impulsively leaves her married lover one night and decides she's going to marry, setting out to find her man with a mixture of romantic idealism and calculated determination. When her best friend Clarisse (Arielle Dombasle, from Pauline at the Beach) introduces Sabine to her handsome cousin Edmond (André Dussollier, Perceval), she seems to have found her mate; it's just a matter of convincing him of the impending marriage. But, alas, all is not so simple in Rohmer's world of modern love. Romand's Sabine is a delightful conundrum: resolute, firm, and fiercely independent on the one hand; moody, impulsive, and emotionally fragile on the other. Like all of Rohmer's films, this is driven by conversation, from uncomfortable small talk to confessions between girlfriends, but Sabine also lives her life, passionately pursuing her goals with the single-minded zest of a woman on a mission. Her road to love may take a few unplanned detours, but Rohmer, the eternal romantic, concludes the film on a delightfully hopeful note packed in a few glances and a flirty smile. --Sean AxmakerSimilar DVD Movies
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