My Night at Maud’s

My Night at Maud’s

Directed by Eric Rohmer • 1969 • France
Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-Christine Barrault, Françoise Fabian

In MY NIGHT AT MAUD’s, the brilliantly accomplished centerpiece of the Six Moral Tales series, Jean-Louis Trintignant plays Jean-Louis, one of the great conflicted figures of 1960s cinema. A Catholic engineer in his early thirties, he lives by a strict moral code and immerses himself in mathematics and the philosophy of Blaise Pascal. After spotting the delicate Françoise at Mass, he vows to make her his wife, although when he spends an unplanned night at the apartment of the bold divorcée Maud, his rigid standards are challenged.

My Night at Maud’s
  • My Night at Maud’s

    Directed by Eric Rohmer • 1969 • France

    In the brilliantly accomplished centerpiece of Rohmer's Moral Tales series, Jean-Louis Trintignant plays Jean-Louis, one of the great conflicted figures of sixties cinema. A pious Catholic engineer in his early thirties, he lives by a strict moral code in ...

Extras

  • On Pascal

    Eric Rohmer directed several episodes of the French television series “En profil dans le texte.” In this episode from 1965, he interviews authors and philosophers Brice Parain and Dominique Dubarle on the topic of Pascal’s wager.

  • “Télécinéma”: MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S Actor and Producer

    In this 1974 episode of the French television show “Télécinéma,” directed by Jacques Brialy, host Olivier Lorsac interviews film critic Jean Douchet, actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, and producer Pierre Cottrell.