Description:Middle-class Parisian suburbs: Blanche and Lea, office worker and student, meet and become friends. Lea is going out with Fabien, but is thinking of leaving him. Blanche falls for Lea's handsome and witty friend Alexandre, but is tongue-tied whenever she meets him. Lea goes on holiday and Blanche, still smitten with the dashing AlexanMiddle-class Parisian suburbs: Blanche and Lea, office worker and student, meet and become friends. Lea is going out with Fabien, but is thinking of leaving him. Blanche falls for Lea's handsome and witty friend Alexandre, but is tongue-tied whenever she meets him. Lea goes on holiday and Blanche, still smitten with the dashing Alexandre, begins to get to get know Fabien. A classic Rohmer moral tale.... (more)(less)
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Rohmer päättää elokuvasarjansa mitä loistavimmalla teoksella, joka toimii niin sosiaalisesti enemmän tai vähemmän epävarmojen henkilöiden kuvauksena kuin rakastumiseen liittyvien moraalisten kysymysten pohdintana. Kukaan hahmoista ei halua kieltää itseltään onnellisuutta, joten ristikkäin menevät parisuhteet syventyvät, vaikka se tietäisikin parhaan ystävän pettämistä. Vaihtoehtona olisi pitäytyminen selvästi epäonnisessa tilanteessa, joskin hahmot - etenkin Blanch"
" February 3rd - With an Eric Rohmer film you know you are getting a low key humanistic tale of a certain type of characters and their relationships along with a dissection of their personal morality. While it may sound like something that would quickly get boring and hit all the same notes it is fascinating how each film has its different wrinkle or perspective to explore. Boyfriends and Girlfriends is a much later film in his filmography, the tail end of his Comedies and Proverbs but it is a"
"Boyfriends and Girlfriends went straight to one of my favourites from the great Eric Rohmer. One reason is the main character Blanche's insecurity that doesn't show as penchant over-analyzing like with many other Rohmer's female characters but social awkwardness, blank stares, mumbling, muteness when you really want to say something but you can't and as a man I can really relate to this.
And even though at first her best friend Lea seems like the girlfriend from Hell and is that it is because s"
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