Cesar and Rosalie

César et Rosalie (1972) is a French drama directed by Claude Sautet — watch online on iFILM. Romy Schneider plays Rosalie, a divorced woman settled into a comfortable life with the loud, larger-than-life businessman César, played by Yves Montand. Then David — a quiet painter from her past — resurfaces and won't quite go away.

Instead of a showdown, César pulls a move no jealous man should: he invites David to move in. What starts as a power play slowly becomes something harder to name. Sautet wasn't interested in who wins the woman — he was watching how three adults behave when the obvious choice sits right in front of them and nobody takes it. A co-production of France, West Germany and Italy, the film is one of the defining works of 1970s European romantic drama. Stream César et Rosalie (1972) online on iFILM.