La Collectionneuse

La Collectionneuse

1967 · 86 min · FR · 6.9 (197 votes)
Dir. Éric Rohmer · Starring Patrick Bauchau, Haydée Politoff, Daniel Pommereulle, Alain Jouffroy, Mijanou Bardot, Annik Morice · Music Blossom Toes
DramaComedyRomance

A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a “collector” of men.

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A languid, sun-drenched summer on the French Riviera. It feels like a hazy, sun-bleached memory of youthful ennui, desire, and the playful, yet sometimes melancholic, dance of attraction.

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