La collectionneuse (1967)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Eric Rohmer

Writers:

Patrick Bauchau (dialogue)
Haydée Politoff (dialogue)
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Release Date:

2 March 1967 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Adrien goes to a villa on the Mediterranean. He is in vacation, and wants to do absolutely nothing. He has to share the villa with a friend...

Plot Keywords:

Vacation | Ménage À Trois | Riviera | Saint Tropez

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Patrick Bauchau	...	Adrien
Haydée Politoff	...	Haydee
Daniel Pommereulle	...	Daniel
Alain Jouffroy	...	Writer
Mijanou Bardot	...	Carole (as Mijanou)
Annik Morice	...	Amie de Carole
Dennis Berry	...	Charlie
Seymour Hertzberg
Néstor Almendros
Patrice De Bailliencourt	...	Homme dans l'auto
László Benkö
Anne Dubot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eugène Archer	...	Sam (uncredited)
Brian Belshaw	...	Amant de Haydee (uncredited)
Pierre-Richard Bré	...	Homme dans l'auto (uncredited)
Donald Cammell	...	Garçon à St-Tropez (uncredited)
Alfred de Graff	...	Touriste perdu (uncredited)

Directed by
Eric Rohmer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Patrick Bauchau		dialogue
Haydée Politoff		dialogue
Daniel Pommereulle		dialogue
Eric Rohmer		writer

Produced by
Georges de Beauregard	....	producer
Alfred de Graff	....	associate producer
Barbet Schroeder	....	producer

Original Music by
Blossom Toes
Giorgio Gomelsky

Cinematography by
Néstor Almendros

Film Editing by
Jackie Raynal

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
László Benkö	....	assistant director
Patrice De Bailliencourt	....	assistant director

Other crew
François Bogard	....	technical advisor

Production Companies

• Les Films du Losange
• Rome Paris Films

Distributors

• Criterion Collection, The (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Fox Lorber (video)
• Homescreen (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Images Distribution
• Kinokuniya (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Pathé Contemporary Films (1971) (USA) (subtitled)

Also Known As:

Six contes moraux IV: La Collectionneuse
The Collector

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Saint-Tropez, Var, France

Company:

Les Films du Losange

Movie Connections:

Referenced in De fem benspænd (2003)

Charm and Guile between the Sexes

"La Collectionneuse", the third film in Eric Rohmer's six moral tales, is packed with lacerating observations on life, love, and the nature of man. It is a sensitive conversation piece with elegant people commenting poetically on their lives and of those around them. Attractive men and women who reflect openly about the conflicts of intellect and impulse; inclination and action, solitude and companionship. Rohmer characteristically paces this eloquent tale of sexual temptation with long, fluid takes. "La Collectionneuse(Collector Girl) centers around a young, hedonistic girl(Haydee) who saunters laconically around the provincial environs of a large vacation home, seemingly indifferent to the two older men's(Adrian and Danele) existence. Haydee exudes a casual independence and an unflappable reserve. Her cursory dealings with her young lovers prompts Danele to cast her as 'the atrocious ingenue'. Though they find her unexpectedly alluring, both men regard 'the idea of collecting boyfriends opposite of purity'. Rohmer, the director of "Chloe in the Afternoon" and "A Tale of Springtime", enjoys revealing which individual can best cast their charm and guile to their best advantage. This 'game' between the sexes only leads to unwanted desires for the men and a resumption of her search by Haydee. Rohmer handles the material with a light touch throughout and concludes his story by offering a tenuous solution to the prevailing tension in the movie between one's solitude and fraternity. Adrian privately confesses that 'I was overwhelmed by a feeling of delightful independence, of total self-determination. But in the emptiness and silence of the house, I was overcome with anguish'. A universal truth clearly-rendered by one of cinema's most ingenious and graceful filmmakers.