A young student in Paris falls in love with a girl he sees on the street everyday. While attempting to engineer a ’chance’ meeting with her he buys pastries from the local shop and finds himself drawn to the baker’s daughter. After finally making dates with the girls on the same day he is forced to choose between them.
La Boulangère de Monceau was the first in Rohmer’s six moral tales series. At just over 20 minutes in length this short film reflects the lack of funding available to Rohmer at the time but still neatly illustrates the central conceit of male indecision that drives the series. Lead actor Barbet Schroeder would go on to have a distinguished career as a director and producer most notably filming the 1990 Oscar winner Reversal of Fortune.
