Rendezvous in Paris

Rendezvous in Paris (Les Rendez-vous de Paris, 1995) — watch online on iFILM — is Éric Rohmer's triptych of short films, each a different kind of Parisian encounter between people who meet, talk, and reveal more than they intended.

In the first story, a stolen wallet helps Esther see her relationship for what it is. The second follows two people through an afternoon of flirtation that leaves one of them hurt. The third — the one that lingers — sits a painter and a museum stranger down together and lets them talk about art, women, and what isn't working in their lives. All three feel closer to something overheard than to something scripted. Rohmer made films about how people talk themselves into and out of things; this is a late, light example of exactly that. With Clara Bellar, Antoine Basler, Mathias Mégard. Stream Rendezvous in Paris (1995) online on iFILM.