{"id":4570,"date":"2007-10-24T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2007-10-24T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4570"},"modified":"2020-12-11T18:35:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T01:35:14","slug":"pauline-at-the-beach-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4570","title":{"rendered":"Pauline at the Beach (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Only a wagging tongue bites itself.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Pauline-at-the-Beach-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Pauline-at-the-Beach-Poster-203x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-57137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Pauline-at-the-Beach-Poster-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Pauline-at-the-Beach-Poster-694x1024.png 694w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Pauline-at-the-Beach-Poster-87x128.png 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Pauline-at-the-Beach-Poster-183x270.png 183w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Pauline-at-the-Beach-Poster.png 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile spending the summer at the beach in Normandy, a beautiful young divorcee (Arielle Dombasle) and her 14-year-old cousin Pauline (Amanda Langlet) become involved in complex romantic entanglements.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>Eric Rohmer Films<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Vacation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAfter completing his cycle of &#8220;Six Moral Tales&#8221; (which ended with 1972&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4547\"><em>Chloe in the Afternoon<\/em><\/a>), French New Wave director Eric Rohmer embarked on a new cinematic series entitled &#8220;Comedies and Proverbs&#8221;; <em>Pauline at the Beach<\/em> is the third of these six films. A surprisingly breezy sex farce with an undercurrent of philosophical contemplation, <em>Pauline&#8230;<\/em> remains one of Rohmer&#8217;s most enjoyable and accessible outings &#8212; indeed, it was enormously successful upon its release in America (thanks in part, no doubt, to a poster depicting sexy Arielle Dombasle in a close-cut bathing suit). As usual in Rohmer&#8217;s low-budget films, the narrative consists primarily of long shots with characters conversing, and not many &#8220;action&#8221; scenes; the emphasis instead is on exploring the diverse ways in which humans approach sex and love, and how this inevitably leads to misunderstandings and hurt feelings. The final exchange in the movie &#8212; between Pauline (wonderfully played by the worldly-wise Amanda Langlet) and Marion (Dombasle) &#8212; reveals that Marion will likely continue to delude herself in affairs of the heart, while Pauline has learned some valuable lessons from the adults around her on how <em>not<\/em> to approach romance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amanda Langlet as Pauline<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/patb-pauline.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/patb-pauline.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4569\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Arielle Dombasle as Pauline&#8217;s sexy but clueless cousin, Marion<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/patb-marion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/patb-marion.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4571\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Feodor Atkine as womanizing Henry<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/patb-henry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/patb-henry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4572\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An effective look at females of different ages struggling to understand love and sex<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/patb-cousins.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/patb-cousins.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4573\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pauline reacting to Henry&#8217;s &#8220;innocent&#8221; caresses<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/patb-kicking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/patb-kicking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4574\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This surprisingly light-hearted romantic comedy is one of Rohmer&#8217;s most enjoyable movies, and should be seen by all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0086087\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1983\/07\/29\/movies\/erich-rohmer-pauline-at-the-beach.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviediva.com\/MD_root\/reviewpages\/MDPaulineBeach.htm\">Movie Diva Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/pauline-a-la-plage\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Only a wagging tongue bites itself.&#8221; Synopsis: While spending the summer at the beach in Normandy, a beautiful young divorcee (Arielle Dombasle) and her 14-year-old cousin Pauline (Amanda Langlet) become involved in complex romantic entanglements. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Coming-of-Age Eric Rohmer Films French Films Romantic Comedy Vacation Review: After completing his cycle of &#8220;Six Moral Tales&#8221; (which ended with 1972&#8217;s Chloe in the Afternoon), French New Wave director Eric Rohmer embarked on a new cinematic series entitled &#8220;Comedies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4570\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4570"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57140,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4570\/revisions\/57140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}