The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.
Éric Rohmer
Director, Writer
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis
Françoise Fabian
Maud
Marie-Christine Barrault
Françoise
Antoine Vitez
Vidal
Leonid Kogan
Concert Violinist
Guy Léger
Priest
Anne Dubot
Blonde Friend
Marie Becker
Marie (uncredited)
Marie-Claude Rauzier
Student (uncredited)
Casse-Tête Chinois65%
Aurore61%
Sleepless in Seattle67%
Complètement Cramé !64%
Champagne Problems60%
'Tis the Season to be Merry61%
L'Auberge espagnole71%
The Family Man68%
Jane Eyre72%
The Shop Around the Corner80%
Domicile conjugal71%
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis67%
The Apartment82%
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain79%
Paris Can Wait58%
L'Art d'aimer60%
Boys and Girls60%
Meet Me Next Christmas64%
Time Freak66%
Christmas with You58%
