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Ma Nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maud's ) (My Night with Maud) (1969)

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The "my" in My Night At Maud's belongs to the protagonist played by Jean-Louis Trintignant, a Catholic engineer whose struggle with his faith is renewed when he falls instantly in love with a woman he's never met (Marie-Christine Barrault) while attending mass. A chance meeting with an amoral old friend (Antoine Vitez) the same night places him in a potentially compromising situation when he's forced to spend the night with Vitez's alluring acquaintance Maude (Fran�oise Fabian), a sophisticated

PG, 1 hr. 51 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Eric Rohmer

Written By: Eric Rohmer

In Theaters: Mar 22, 1970 Wide

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Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis
Francoise Fabian
Maud
Antoine Vitez
Vidal
Marie-Christine Barrault
Francoise
Anne Dubot
Blonde Friend
Marie Becker
Marie Maud's Daughter
Leonid Kogan
Concert Violinist
Guy Leger
Preacher
Marie-Claude Rauzier
Student

Critic Reviews for Ma Nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maud's ) (My Night with Maud)

All Critics (17) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (1) | DVD (5)

The film is beautifully played, that is, as written, which is almost as if it were music.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

Eric Rohmer's droll and delicate comedy of language.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The third (and best) of Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Fables, for which he received his only Oscar nomination.

April 15, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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A date movie with a touch of class.

July 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

As a canvas for Rohmer's ideas, it's crucial in making them feel as crisply distilled and newly debatable as the day they were aired.

July 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph

Droll, graceful, and implacably cutting

September 4, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Rohmer is fixated on sex to the point where he had to make six movies about it?

August 12, 2006 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Most challenging - and therefore least accessible - of Rohmer's trademark Moral Tales.

June 30, 2006 Comment

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Still one of Rohmer's best films.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Tom Milne

Time Out

Still fresh, provocative and irresistible.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

One of the cerebral master's classics.

March 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

A sophisticated drama that speaks volumes about sexual politics, faith, and the delights of conviviality

March 13, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

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Audience Reviews for Ma Nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maud's ) (My Night with Maud)

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There are nights and conversations we remember more than whole years. To Jean-Louis, finding a woman like Maud, by pure chance, was a miracle. The miracle of coming clean, stripping his soul, putting aside morals that were detouring him from finding not a perfect match to marry, but another real, flawed human being to

April 2, 2009

Pierluigi Puccini

Super Reviewer

for two hours of philosophical discussions between people trying not to admit they want to have sex with each other this was pretty damn good

October 5, 2008

Stella Dallas

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