A Good Marriage

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A Good Marriage

PG,

1982,

1h 37m,

Comedy/

Drama

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85%

13 Reviews

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250+ Ratings

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13 Reviews

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250+ Ratings

Impetuous and restless art student Sabine (Béatrice Romand) is tired of her dead-end job and her married boyfriend, Simon (Féodor Atkine), so she drops both of them. Then, through her pal Clarisse (Arielle Dombasle), she meets Edmond (André Dussollier), an attorney 10 years her senior. Immediately, she decides marriage is just the change she needs, and that Edmond is the perfect candidate for a husband. And so begins her relentless pursuit of matrimony, much to Edmond's chagrin.

Glenn Kenny

Video Review

Aug 5, 2022

3/4

Rohmer, like Jean Renoir, doesn’t see things in purely black-and-white terms, and the fun of his movies is in how he shows each of his characters from a number of different angles, shifting our sympathies subtly with nearly every shot.

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Tom Milne

Sight & Sound

Mar 16, 2020

It was perhaps high time that one of the delightful women who have led Rohmer's heroes such a teasing dance was put in her place.

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Bruce McCabe

Boston Globe

Apr 27, 2018

Le Beau Mariage never really seems to get outside the groove that Rohmer sets it in. Even for Rohmer, a director with an indirect style and approach, the film is too oblique.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Jan 29, 2021

5/10

I find the film, considered the second in his 'Comedies and Proverbs', bland and disappointing when Rohmer repeatedly addresses issues related to whims, indecision and marriage. [Full review in Spanish]

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Luis Fernando Galván

En Filme

Oct 22, 2020

3/5

We can laugh at Sabine's candor and naive attempts at social climbing, but her ultimate fate draws our sympathies. [Full review in Spanish]

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Diego Galán

El Pais (Spain)

Aug 26, 2019

The fantasies of the protagonist are transformed into subjective versions of what the audience contemplates from the outside. The contrast elicits laughter and even solidarity. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Synopsis

Impetuous and restless art student Sabine (Béatrice Romand) is tired of her dead-end job and her married boyfriend, Simon (Féodor Atkine), so she drops both of them. Then, through her pal Clarisse (Arielle Dombasle), she meets Edmond (André Dussollier), an attorney 10 years her senior. Immediately, she decides marriage is just the change she needs, and that Edmond is the perfect candidate for a husband. And so begins her relentless pursuit of matrimony, much to Edmond's chagrin.

Director: Éric Rohmer
Producer: Margaret Ménégoz
Production Co: Les Films du Losange, Compagnie Éric Rohmer, Les Films du Carrosse
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Mono

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