Full Moon in Paris [Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune] **** (1984, Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini) – Classic Movie Review 9461

Full Moon in Paris [Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune] (1984) is another charmer from Eric Rohmer, with the delightful Pascale Ogier as one of the director’s typically complex, determined and willful heroines Louise, who is so cramped by the lover she lives with that she rents a second flat.

Rohmer again shows his skill with actors and his gift for creating naturalistic dialogue, believable situations and quirky plots.

Pascale Ogier (1958–1984).

Pascale Ogier won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival in 1984. The daughter of actress Bulle Ogier, she died tragically that year from a heart attack/ drugs overdose on 25 October 1984 at 25.

Also in the cast are Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini, Virginie Thévenet, Christian Vadim, László Szabó, Lisa Garneri, Mathieu Schiffman, Anne-Séverine Liotard and Hervé Grandsart.

It was released on 29 August 1984 in France.

It is the fourth of Rohmer’s Comédies et Proverbes series, preceded by The Aviator’s Wife [La Femme de l’Aviateur] (1981), A Good Marriage (1982), and Pauline at the Beach (1983), and followed by Le Rayon Vert [The Green Ray] [Summer] (1986) and Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987).

Full Moon in Paris [Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune] is directed by Eric Rohmer, runs 102 minutes, is made by Les Films du Losange and Les Films Ariane, is released by Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA) (1985) (France), Orion Classics (1985) (US, and Artificial Eye (1986) (UK), is written by Eric Rohmer, is shot by Renato Berta, is produced by Margaret Ménégoz, is scored by Elli Medeiros and Jacno, and is designed by Pascale Ogier (Production Design and Costume Design).

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