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Claire's Knee (French: Le Genou de Claire) is a 1970 French romantic drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. It follows a soon-to-be-married man and his conflicted relationship with two teenage girls.
Feb 21, 1971 · With Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan. On lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage half-sisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that the girls have boyfriends.
Claire's Knee. Roger Ebert January 01, 1971. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Now if I were to say, for example, that "Claire's Knee" is about Jerome's desire to caress the knee of Claire, you would be about a million miles from the heart of this extraordinary film.
“Why would I tie myself to one woman?” asks Jerôme in Claire’s Knee, though he plans to marry a diplomat’s daughter by summer’s end. He spends his July at a lakeside boardinghouse, nursing crushes on the sixteen-year-old Laura and, more tantalizingly, her long-legged, blonde, older half sister, Claire.
Jerome (Jean-Claude Brialy) decides to prepare for a lifetime of matrimony by enjoying one last vacation by himself. Upon arriving at his lakeside destination, however, he finds Aurora (Aurora ...
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Claire’s Knee. Directed by Eric Rohmer • 1970 • France Starring Jean-Claude Brialy, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan. “Why would I tie myself to one woman?” asks Jerôme in CLAIRE’S KNEE, though he plans to marry a diplomat’s daughter by summer’s end.
On holiday, a conflicted man lusts after beautiful stepsisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter.
