My Night at Maud's

My Night at Maud's

1969 · 110 min · FR · 7.7 (250 votes)
Dir. Éric Rohmer · Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Antoine Vitez, Leonid Kogan, Guy Léger
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The rigid principles of a devout Catholic man are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.

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A sharp, witty battle of wits unfolds over a Christmas Eve. It's a cerebral dance between faith and reason, love and logic, wrapped in the cozy, conversational style of French cinema.

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