MY NIGHT AT MAUDS (DVD/ENG-SUB) DVD

My Night at Maud's
The "my" in My Night At Maud's belongs to the protagonist played by Jean-Louis Trintignant, a Catholic engineer whose struggle with his faith is renewed when he falls instantly in love with a woman he's never met (Marie-Christine Barrault) while attending mass. A chance meeting with an amoral old friend (Antoine Vitez) the same night places him in a potentially compromising situation when he's forced to spend the night with Vitez's alluring acquaintance Maude (Françoise Fabian), a sophisticated woman who challenges Trintignant's belief through intellectual and fleshly means. ~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide

Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant as Jean-Louis Françoise Fabian as Maud Antoine Vitez as Vidal Marie-Christine Barrault as Francoise Anne Dubot as Blonde Friend Marie Becker as Marie, Maud's Daughter

Crew Nicole Rachline - Art Director Eric Rohmer - Director Cecile Decugis - Editor Néstor Almendros - Cinematographer Barbet Schroeder - Producer Pierre Cottrell - Producer Eric Rohmer - Screenwriter

My Night at Maud's
Released as the third entry in Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series, My Night At Maude's captures much of what's extraordinary about the series, and of what's extraordinary about its director. Taking as its backdrop Pascal's famous wager -- the notion that to believe in God is to win all in the event of God's existence and to lose nothing in the event of God's absence -- Rohmer is able to explore the complexities hidden in even this simplest justification of faith. To believe in God, after all, is to strive to live a virtuous life, something Trintignant finds far easier to do until his virtue remains unchallenged by the powerful but unsupported feelings of love he has for Barrault and the immediate appeal of Fabian. What easily could have been a simplistic allegory becomes something far more profound in the hands of Rohmer, a moralist who refrains from moralizing. Pascal's two-sided coin becomes a dice with an almost infinite number of sides. The film may ultimately present his protagonist's choice as the correct one, but it also shows that even correct choices come laden with unshakable doubts, unanticipated complication, and unforeseeable regrets. ~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide
 

Eric Rohmer: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) Eric Rohmer: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Screenplay (winner)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Foreign Language Film (nominated) National Board of Review, Best Foreign Film (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: French Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: Additional Features: Interactive menus Production notes Biographies Scene access MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 110 min Part of Series: The Eric Rohmer Collection: The Moral Tales   DVD Chapters: Chapter Menus 0. Chapter Menus 1. The pursuit... [2:01] 2. A chance meeting... [3:47] 3. Dinner talk... [2:15] 4. The seduction... [:51] 5. First hello... [1:29] 6. End of the day.... [1:12] 7. Staying the night... [1:17] 8. Sunday mass... [5:47] 9. Years later... [2:58]