Boyfriends and Girlfriends
Boyfriends and Girlfriends (French title: L'Ami de mon amie, also known as My Girlfriend's Boyfriend) is a 1987 comedy film directed by Éric Rohmer. The film stars Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir, Anne-Laure Meury.[1] The title literally means the (male) friend of my (female) friend, or perhaps the boyfriend of my girlfriend: it echoes the proverb "Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis" ("My friend's friend is my friend").[2]
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| Directed by | Eric Rohmer |
| Produced by | Margaret Ménégoz |
| Written by | Eric Rohmer |
| Starring | Emmanuelle Chaulet |
| Music by | Jean-Louis Valéro |
| Cinematography | Bernard Lutic |
| Edited by | María Luisa García |
| Distributed by | Orion Classics (United States) |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Plot
Blanche is freshly installed in Cergy-Pontoise, a trendy new town near Paris. She has a new apartment, a new job with no one over and no one under her. She meets Léa at lunch one day, and soon she meets an acquaintance of Léa, Alexandre, whom she approaches somewhat awkwardly. The film then follows the time-honored plot of exchange of relationships, as Blanche and Léa switch boyfriends.
Cast
- Emmanuelle Chaulet as Blanche
- Sophie Renoir as Léa
- Anne-Laure Meury as Adrienne
- Eric Viellard as Fabien
- François-Eric Gendron as Alexandre
Reception
The film received generally positive reviews from major critics. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 100% based on reviews from 10 critics.[3]
Vincent Canby of The New York Times praises the film highly, saying "L'Ami de Mon Amie is as clean and functional in appearance as the satellite city, but it's full of unexpected delights."[4] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4 and wrote: "Rohmer knows exactly what he is doing here. He has no great purpose, but an interesting small one: He wants to observe the everyday behavior of a new class of French person, the young professionals."[2] Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum also gave the film a favorable rating.[5] Hal Hinson of the Washington Post wrote: "It's an utterly superficial movie -- a celebration of superficiality -- and utterly charming."[6]
References
- "Review/Film; Rohmer's Own View Of the Mind Published". The New York Times. 15 July 1988. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- Ebert, Roger (16 September 1988). "Boyfriends and Girlfriends". Chicago Sun-Times. Roger Ebert. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- "Boyfriends and Girlfriends (L'ami de mon amie) (1987)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- Canby, Vincent (9 October 1987). "Film: 'Ami de Mon Amie' (Published 1987)". The New York Times.
- Rosenbaum, Jonathan (1987). "Boyfriends and Girlfriends". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- Hal Hinson (13 August 1988). "Boyfriends and Girlfriends (PG)". Washington Post.