My Night at Maud's
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| Directed by | Éric Rohmer |
| Produced by | Pierre Cottrell Barbet Schroeder |
| Written by | Éric Rohmer |
| Starring | Jean-Louis Trintignant Françoise Fabian Marie-Christine Barrault Antoine Vitez |
| Cinematography | Néstor Almendros |
| Editing by | Cécile Decugis |
| Release date(s) | 15 May 1969 |
| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
My Night at Maud's (French: Ma nuit chez Maud) is a 1969 French drama film by Éric Rohmer. It is the third film in the series of the Six Moral Tales.
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[edit] Plot
The Catholic Jean-Louis, (Jean-Louis Trintignant), runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal (Antoine Vitez), in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud (Françoise Fabian) 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.
[edit] Cast
- Jean-Louis Trintignant: Jean-Louis
- Françoise Fabian: Maud
- Marie-Christine Barrault: Françoise
- Antoine Vitez: Vidal
- Leonid Kogan: Concert Violinist
- Guy Léger: Preacher
- Anne Dubot: Blonde Friend
- Marie Becker: Marie, Maud's Daughter (uncredited)
- Marie-Claude Rauzier: Student (uncredited)
[edit] Awards
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film[1] and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
[edit] See also
- List of submissions to the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
[edit] References
- ^ "The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/42nd-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: My Night at Maud's". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2524/year/1969.html. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
[edit] External links
- My Night at Maud's at the Internet Movie Database
- My Night at Maud's at Rotten Tomatoes
- My Night at Maud's at AllRovi
- Criterion Collection essay by Kent Jones
