Pauline at the Beach [DVD]

Great film, clean DVD. No issues.

This has a great teenage female lead, clear-sighted and in contrast with three Rohmer males -- unpleasant, weak, self-important, one almost evil. It's a beautiful film to look at. As in all Rohmer movies, the male characters love to hear themselves talk and some people don't like that. This has a lot in common with Claire's Knee, another wonderful movie, perhaps even better, and available with a number of other Rohmer films on Hulu Plus.

One of my favorite past-times is watching foreign films, especially French films. This past weekend while waiting for the late play-off game, I ran across "Pauline At The Beach". It was on HBO or ShowTime, which is really not important. The movie is filmed somewhere in France along a wonderful beach. The characters are all well played, the story line is well written and I think it was a fun movie. If you do not like nudity or sub-titles, can't stand the French, hate wine, well, better you should choose another movie. If you like movies with a little depth, check it out.

movie is ok,but definitely low budget. dialogue is in french,with subtitles. if European women appeal to you,this movie is for you.

I originally saw this film in 1982 (inspired to go see it by Siskel & Ebert's TV review), and it instantly became one of my most favorite films. Rohmer drew me into the film and made me feel as if I was in the room with the characters listening to their philosophical ideas about love & life. If you're interesting in watching the movie, I strongly suggest that you get the Blu-ray version. It's full HD (1080p -- very clear & sharp) and, although the soundtrack is still mono, it has been improved (& the sub-titles are clearer, as well). The Blu-ray version is a huge improvement over the other versions that I have owned (laserdisc & regular DVD).

Rohmer has perfected his type of movie: a well crafted study that poses almost as a home movie. His moral point of view is there for you to discover, but never didactic or heavy handed. The movie is exactly that, Pauline at the beach. She is a young woman on the verge of adulthood who has been left in the care of her older, more worldly cousin still young but full of contradictory ideas about love and romance. Pauline is quite resilient and is at first influenced to some degree by her cousin and her male friends. Through the course of the story we see Pauline become skeptical and then rejecting this world of selfishness and trivial intrigue.

Working my way back through late Rohmer. Many of his best work from the later years is still not on DVD (in US DVD versions, at least) or only available in very poor quality DVDs. Pauline was not one of my favorites, but I liked it a lot more this time. Just out on Criterion, and I assume this copy is from them. Pristine DVD.

I imagine that in most video purchases the customer is sold on the film or movie and has decided to buy it, what's really important to know is the quality of the recording. This version of "Pauline..." is excellent, clear, sharp images and rich color. So if you like the movie you wont be disappointed in this print or recording of it.

Je n'ai pas encore vu ce Dvd, mais dans le passé j'ai du le voir 2 à 3 fois et j'ai bien aimer ce film.

I loved this movie, The storyline was well put together, I acters were vary good, keeping you entertained with anticipation, from start to finnish. Evan though it was in French, I was able to keep up with it by the subtitles, I greatly enjoyed this movie

Un très beau film très abouti sur le fond et la forme, des dialogues très écrits et puis Amanda Langlet belle comme un premier amour de vacances.

Perfect. That was what I expected.

Personnellement, j'aime beaucoup ce film d'Eric Rohmer. Arielle Dombasle est entourée de plusieurs comédiens de qualité. Les dialogues sont réalistes, ce qui contribue à la réussite de ce film que je recommande. Attention, ce n'est pas un film d'action, c'est très beau.