Suzanne’s Career (La carriere de Suzanne)
Directed by Eric Rohmer
Written by Eric Rohmer
1963/France
Les Films du Losange
First viewing/FilmStruck
[box] We have to show what lies beyond behavior, while knowing we can’t show anything but behavior. — Eric Rohmer[/box]
A fan girl rekindles her love affair with Rohmer from near the beginning.
Bertrand is a reserved and serious young first year pharmacy student. Â His friend Guillaume is a self-styled ladies’ man and player. Â For some reason, Guillaume finds it necessary to draw Bertrand into a chaste threesome with the somewhat naive Suzanne. Â Guillaume is not a nice person and he enlists Bertrand in convincing Suzanne to finance some high times over a few weeks. Â But Suzanne gets the last laugh.
Over the next few “years” of viewing my readers will become accustomed to my gushing over the films of Eric Rommer. Â This is not among the strongest of these but still enjoyable. I love the way the director captures the fumbling cluelessness of cock-sure young lovers.
Clips from the six moral tales
