''Rendezvous in Paris'' () is a 1995 French

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

anthology film An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film or a portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of three or more shorter films, each complete in itself and distinguished from the other, though frequently tied together by a single theme, premise ...

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-war, p ...

. 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 "Mère et enfant 1907" ("Mother and Child 1907"), which takes its title from a

Picasso Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, Ceramic art, ceramicist, and Scenic ...

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 Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

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. H ...

's ''

Under the Roofs of Paris ''Under the Roofs of Paris'' () is a 1930 French film directed by René Clair. The film was probably the earliest French example of a filmed musical-comedy, although its often dark tone differentiates it from other instances of the genre. It w ...

'' (1930).

Cast

"Le Rendez-vous de 7 heures"

Clara Bellar Clara Bellar (born 28 October 1972) is a French actress, singer, film director, screenwriter and film producer. Filmography Actress Writer and director Discography * ''My Brazilian Heart (Meu Coração Brasileiro)'', debut album, released ...

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 Actors 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 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 Les Films du Losange films {{1990s-France-film-stub