The Aviator's Wife ( La femme de l'aviateur ou 'on ne saurait penser à rien' )

The Aviator's Wife (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La femme de l'aviateur ou 'on ne saurait penser à rien'
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1981 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Eric Rohmer

Written By:
Eric Rohmer

Actors:
Philippe Marlaud ..... François
Marie Rivière ..... Anne
Anne-Laure Meury ..... Lucie
Mathieu Carrière ..... Christian
Philippe Caroit ..... A Friend
Coralie Clément ..... A Colleague
María Luisa García ..... Girl Friend (as Lisa Hérédia)
Haydée Caillot ..... Blonde
Mary Stephen ..... Tourist
Neil Chan ..... Tourist
Rosette ..... Concierge
Fabrice Luchini ..... Mercillat

Synopsis:

La Femme de l'aviateur was the first in Eric Rohmer's celebrated Comedies and Proverbs series. Francois (Philippe Marlaud) loves Anne (Marie Rivière). However, his nightshift job at the post office means they rarely get to spend much time together. One day, he sees her leaving home with her ex, Christian (Mathieu Carrière), who had come to break up with her for good. Reeling from the news, Anne lets Francois fall prey to his jealous imagination. Obsessed with the idea that she may have cheated on him, Francois decides to stay up all night. As he wanders, desolate, through the streets of Paris, he comes across his rival sitting in a cafe with a blonde-haired woman. Intruiged, he follows them. A young woman catches on to what he's up to and accosts him in an alley off the Buttes-Chaumont...

The aviator Christian visits his ex-mistress Anne seven o'clock in the morning, to tell her that their affair is over, because his wife is pregnant and will soon move to Paris. Anne's new lover, François, happens to see Christian and Anne when they leave her house, and thinks that their affair is still going on. He tries to contact Anne, but she won't talk to him. At a pavement café François sees Christian and an unknown woman, which he assumes is the aviator's wife. As he is in a bad mood and doesn't know what to do, he decides to follow the couple. On his way through a park he bumps into a cute girl, Lucie, who is 15 years old and has taken a day off from school. Lucie soon brings 20-year-old François to explain to her what has happened to him this morning. She is excited by his story and especially the puzzling parts of it. She joins him in pursuing the couple and thinks out various hypotheses about them. When the couple goes into a lawyer's office, Lucie is sure that the unknown woman is the aviator's wife and that they are seeking a divorce. Later, when François visits Anne he learns that the unknown woman is actually not the aviator's wife but his sister. Anne also confirms that her affair with the aviator is over. When François is going to send Lucie a postcard about this, he happens to see Lucie kissing a boy, which makes him dispirited.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 04 March, 2010.