Although I had hoped to see more from the French New Wave exhibit at the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum I was only able to get in the opening night and the closing night. The last film in the exhibit was Eric Rohmer’s “Ma Nuit Chez Maud” released in 1959.When Jean-Louis sees a girl in church, he follows in the hopes of introduction. After losing the young lady in a low speed chase he runs into, Vidal, an old school friend. Invited to accompany the old friend to catch-up on old times, they spend the evening with Vidal’s girlfriend. Here is where Maud comes in. She is the divorced, mother of one and a bit of a free spirit. The kind of person willing to speak quite frankly to a person that until a couple of hours ago was a complete stranger, even comfortable with entertaining company in her PJs. When the boyfriend makes plans to leave, she seems concerned that the new guy could be hurt in a traffic accident resulting from an oncoming snowstorm (apparently the boyfriend lives in the same town while the stranger lives much farther away) leaving alone time with Jean-Louis, continuing conversations about the status of her relationship with Vidal and other icebreakers. Although the man exclaims his high moral values concerning relationships based on his faith, he allows himself to become infatuated with Maud regardless of any interest that his old school chum may have as well as starting a relationship with the girl from church.
An interesting look at how fragile a relationship can be especially at the very beginning.
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