Wryly and delightfully witty.
Comment
06/24/06
La Collectionneuse (1971)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 7 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Synopsis: The third entry in Eric Rohmer's series of "moral tales" offers a thoughtful examination of romance, sex and possessiveness. While vacationing in St. Tropez, Adrien falls hard for the lovely Haydee. However, as Haydee chooses to sleep with a different man every night, he must compete with... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Patrick Bauchau, Haydee Politoff, Daniel Pommerulle, Alain Jouffroy, Mijanou Bardot
Director: Eric Rohmer
Reviews
1 - 8 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critic
Almendros captures the beauty of Politoff and the scenery with an acute sense of detail.
11/15/07
It's as if the film were a kind of living notebook for what Rohmer was to do later, with greater ease and refinement.
05/09/05
Top Critic
Rohmer's impossibly light, graceful way of posing profound moral questions hasn't yet wholly coalesced, though this 1966 film does have his soft, slow rhythm.
01/01/00
The film radiates with the charms derived from so-called sophisticated pleasures and a sneaky sense of perversion.
01/01/00
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