Suzanne's career

Movie
German title	Suzanne's career
Original title	La Carrière de Suzanne
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	1963
length	52 minutes
Rod
Director	Eric Rohmer
script	Eric Rohmer
production	Les Films du Losange , Barbet Schroeder
camera	Daniel Lacambre
cut	Eric Rohmer
occupation
Catherine See : Suzanne Hocquetot Christian Charrière : Guillaume Peuch-Drumond Philippe Beuzen : Bertrand, the narrator Diane Wilkinson : Sophie Jean-Claude Biette : Jean-Louis Patrick Bauchau : Franck Pierre Cotrell : an art lover
chronology
←  Predecessor The baker of Monceau Follower  → My night with Maud

The career of Suzanne (original title: La Carrière de Suzanne ) is a French feature film from 1963 and the second part of the film cycle Six moral stories by Éric Rohmer . The medium-length black and white film was shot in 16mm format.

action

Bertrand, the storyteller, studies pharmacy in Paris. Together with his friend Guillaume, a political science student, he met Suzanne in the “Le Luco” café, who works for the national tuberculosis committee and attends evening courses in Italian. Guillaume invites Suzanne to a party at his mother's house. During the course of the evening he only deals with Sophie, a student from Ireland, while Bertrand withdraws and observes the two - especially Suzanne's reaction. After the party, Suzanne and Bertrand stay with Guillaume and they sleep together. The next morning, Bertrand is the first to leave the house, feeling uncomfortable in his role as an accomplice.

Suzanne visits Bertrand to get back in touch with Guillaume. Bertrand is not enthusiastic about it because he is not interested in it; but he lets her invite him to a celebration. Guillaume finds out about it and lets her stand for a while.

After returning from the Easter holidays with his family, Bertrand hides some money for a new suit in a book. Guillaume takes the bills - Bertrand suspects Suzanne. When Bertrand, who is now in a relationship with Sophie, learns that Suzanne is going to marry a fellow student, his image of her changes: now he finds her attractive.

criticism

The lexicon of international films said that the film “is not yet perfect in terms of the staging, but shows the handwriting and intent of the director: Rohmer celebrates the victory of 'moral instinct' against calculating calculation”. It is about "an intellectual exercise full of psychological arabesques".

Remarks

The other films in the cycle are the short film Die Bäckerin von Monceau (1962) and the feature films The Collector (1967), My Night with Maud (1969), Claire's Knie (1970) and Love in the Afternoon (1972).

literature

• Éric Rohmer: My night with Maud. Six moral narratives, one film cycle. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-596-24466-8

Web links

• The career of Suzanne in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The career of Suzanne. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 26, 2016 .