The Bakery Girl of Monceau

1963 0h 23m FR

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★6.9TMDB · 151

RomanceDrama

Synopsis

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After several days without seeing Sylvie, the object of his desire again, a nameless law student becomes involved with Jacqueline, who works at the local bakery. Eventually, he has to choose when he arranges dates with both on the same day.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Barbet Schroeder
Young Man / Narrator
Claudine Soubrier
Jacqueline
Michèle Girardon
Sylvie
Michel Mardore
Client (uncredited)
Fred Junck
Schmidt (uncredited)
Bertrand Tavernier
Young Man / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Éric Rohmer
Writers: Éric Rohmer
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Tight 23-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Six Moral Tales" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Éric Rohmer, shot by Jean-Michel Meurice. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jackie Raynal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Barbet Schroeder and Claudine Soubrier and Michèle Girardon carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0056884 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Éric Rohmer directs. Jean-Michel Meurice behind the camera. Jackie Raynal cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 23-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
263 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Six Moral Tales" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Éric Rohmer, shot by Jean-Michel Meurice. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Jackie Raynal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Barbet Schroeder and Claudine Soubrier and Michèle Girardon carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0056884 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jean-Michel Meurice
Editing: Jackie Raynal
Runtime: 23 min · 0h 23m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: FR
IMDB: The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)

Part of

Six Moral Tales

Six brief affairs of the mind, from one of cinema's great moral philosophers, Éric Rohmer spent the 1960s and early '70s turning his ideas about cinema into film with this septet of stories about temptation and self-deception. Each installment follows a man already committed to one woman who finds himself drawn to another, only to talk himself back to the first — Rohmer's interest lying less in what his characters do than in the elaborate reasoning they use for justification. Shot with an understated, naturalistic eye and narrated in a wry first-person, the films move from the two black-and-white shorts that open the series to the lush, seasonal features that follow, cementing Rohmer as one of the New Wave's most distinct and influential voices.