''Rendezvous in Paris'' (french: Les Rendez-vous de Paris) is a 1995 French

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

anthology film written and directed by

Éric Rohmer Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (; 21 March 192011 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the post-World ...

. The film consists of three loosely connected episodes revolving around chance meetings in Paris: "Le Rendez-vous de 7 heures" ("The Rendezvous at 7 P.M."), in which a student discovers her boyfriend is two-timing her; "Les Bancs de Paris" ("The Benches of Paris"), in which an unnamed woman has a series of meetings in parks with a handsome literature teacher from the suburbs; and "Mere et enfant 1907" ("Mother and Child 1907"), which takes its title from a Picasso painting, and centres on an artist who is attracted by a stranger. The three stories of the film are linked by a girl singing in the streets to an accordion accompaniment—a homage to

René Clair René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He wen ...

's '' Under the Roofs of Paris'' (1930).

Cast

"Le Rendez-vous de 7 heures"

* Clara Bellar as Esther *

Antoine Basler Antoine Basler is a Swiss actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1983. Selected filmography References External links * Living people People from Lausanne Swiss male film actors Swiss male television actors 20th ...

as Horace * as flirt * Judith Chancel as Aricie * Malcolm Conrath as Félix * Cécile Parès as Hermione * Olivier Poujol as coffee-shop waiter

"Les Bancs de Paris"

* Aurore Rauscher as Elle *

Serge Renko Serge Renko is a French actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1982. Selected filmography References External links * Date of birth missing (living people) Living people French male film actors 20th-century French male ...

as Lui

"Mère et enfant, 1907"

* Michael Kraft as painter * as young woman * Veronika Johansson as Swedish woman

Musette à Mouffetard

* Florence Levu as street singer * Christian Bassoul as accordion player

References

External links

* * * 1995 films 1995 romantic comedy films 1990s French-language films Films directed by Éric Rohmer Films set in Paris Films shot in Paris French anthology films French romantic comedy films 1990s French films {{1990s-France-film-stub