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starring: Marie Rivière, Amira Chemakhi, Sylvie Richez, María Luisa García, Basile Gervaise
directed by: Eric Rohmer

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781572525436
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1572525436
Label: Fox Lorber
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Release Date: June 15, 1999
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 62107
Studio: Fox Lorber
Theatrical Release Date: August 29, 1986



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Amazon.com:
Gloomy young Parisian Delphine (Marie Rivière) faces her summer alone when her best friend cancels their travel plans to stay with her new boyfriend. Determined to have her vacation, she tries a number of alternatives but feels left out at a family retreat, runs into a former lover at a ski resort, and becomes completely cowed by her unlikely companion on the French shore, an uninhibited Swedish vacationer who sunbathes nude and picks up men for one night stands---a far cry from the insecure Delphine. Willowy Rivière plays Delphine with a combination of romantic idealism, headstrong determination, and uncompromising (often debilitating) demands, an impossible standard that leaves her lonely and wanting until she meets a handsome young man at the train station on her way back to Paris. The two become charmed by one another and, giddy with anticipation, Delphine insists they watch the setting sun to see the legendary green ray (the French title of the film is 'Le Rayon Vert') in an ephemeral conclusion both magical and tenderly human. Rohmer changed his shooting style completely for the fifth film in his 'Comedies and Proverbs' series, creating the characters in collaboration with the actors and shooting with only a script outline to create a largely improvised portrait of Delphine, but the easy rhythms, the gentle naturalism, and Rohmer's genuine affection for his characters, foibles and all, continue in his tradition of smart, sensitive, and delightfully witty romantic comedies. --Sean Axmaker



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - The for to weeping of the empty fullness
When we see this of such a film in the always never to forgetting styles of the greats Rohmers, we ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Another Wonderful Chapter by Rohmer
This film is one of the best chapters in a delightful series of films by Eric Rohmer wherein he explores ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Essential French cinema: Rohmer's 'Le Rayon vert.'
Éric Rohmer (1920) first challenged traditional Hollywood cinema with his French New Wave cycle of films, ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - "I'm not very operational in life"
Delphine (Marie Rivière) is a young woman that doesn't exactly know what she wants in life, and that is unable ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - le rayon vert
It is one of my favorite Rohmer films, all about relationships and insecurity, with a happy ending. There is also ... Read More

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