Pauline at the Beach French Pauline la plage is a 1983 French film directed by ric Rohmer. The film stars Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory and Fodor Atkine. It is the third in the 1980s series Comedies and Proverbs by Rohmer.
On the beach, Marion spies her exlover Pierre Pascal Greggory. As they are getting reacquainted, a middleaged man named Henri Fodor Atkine approaches and scolds Pierre for abandoning their windsurfing lessons. The quartet agree to have dinner together. Afterwards, they each talk briefly about their ideas of love in Henris living room. Henri is happy to be free from any serious commitments, as he travels the world as an ethnographer. Marion wants to fall passionately in love at first sight, and she regrets her failed marriage to a man that she did not really love. Pierre is more cautious, and feels that love cannot form in an instant. Pauline listens quietly throughout and confesses that she agrees most of all with Pierres idea of love, but that she has learned a lot from listening to all of them.Henri suggests that they all go dancing at a nearby casino. At the casino, Pierre confesses that his love for Marion has been reignited by seeing her again. But she does not want any part in a relationship with Pierre, due to his jealous nature. Instead, she chooses to sleep with Henri. ........
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