My Night at Maud's (1970)

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My Night at Maud's
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StarringJean-Louis TrintignantFrançoise FabianMarie-Christine Barrault
DirectorÉric Rohmer
WriterÉric Rohmer
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NR 1 hr 50 minMar 22nd, 1970Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Plot
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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 22nd, 1970
On DVD & Blu-ray:January 14th, 1998 - Buy DVD
Original Language:French
Production Companies: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
My Night at Maud's on the Web:WikiData
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My Night at Maud's Quotes

Conflicting Beliefs and Personal Pursuits

Jean-Louis: My Christianity and my affairs are different, conflicting matters.
Vidal: Yet they co-exist in you.
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Saintliness and Personal Choice in Conversation

Maud: Don't you want to be a saint?
Jean-Louis: Not at all.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

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