Pauline At the Beach (1983)

PAULINE AT THE BEACH  (1983)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Eric Rohmer
    Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasie, Pascal Greggory,
    Féodor Atkine, Simon de la Brosse, Rosette
This movie starts out with two women - a girl in her mid-teens and her older cousin - on a seaside h0liday. Their first day at the beach, they meet two men, and over drinks the four of them compare notes on love. Their ideas and expectations are diverse, and this is an Eric Rohmer movie, so you know that the more they think they know what they want, the more you can count on love to throw in a wrinkle or two. The stakes aren't especially high, but they don't really need to be. There are worse ways to while away 95 minutes than watching beautiful people try to navigate the pitfalls of romance in a beautiful place where the pace is relaxed, the possibilities are yours to imagine, and you can practically taste the salt in the air and feel the sand between your toes.