French Films | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:38:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg French Films | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 Les Nuits de la pleine lune, Full Moon in Paris, Eric Rohmer https://anitamathias.com/2011/01/08/les-nuits-de-la-pleine-lune-full-moon-in-paris-eric-rohmer/ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:30:00 +0000 Full Moon in Paris or Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune belongs to Eric Rohmer’s Comedies and Proverbs series. It is based on the proverb “He who has two women loses his soul, he who has two houses loses his mind.”  Louise is restless with her stable adoring lover, who wants her to stay in and be with him. […]

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The post Jules et Jim by Francois Truffaut first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> Les Nuits de la pleine lune, Full Moon in Paris, Eric Rohmer https://anitamathias.com/2011/01/03/les-nuits-de-la-pleine-lune-full-moon-in-paris-eric-rohmer-2/ Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:35:00 +0000 Full Moon in Paris or Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune belongs to Eric Rohmer’s Comedies and Proverbs series. It is based on the proverb “He who has two women loses his soul, he who has two houses loses his mind.”  Louise is restless with her stable adoring lover, who wants her to stay in and be with him. […]

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