Six Moral Tales

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Six Moral Tales is a cycle of six philosophically driven romantic dramas by French filmmaker Éric Rohmer, exploring moral choice, desire, and conscience through talkative, introspective characters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anthology film series
film cycle
adaptedAs feature films
alsoKnownAs Six contes moraux NERFINISHED
cinematicMovement French New Wave NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
creator Éric Rohmer NERFINISHED
criticalReception highly acclaimed
dialogueStyle philosophical conversations
director Éric Rohmer NERFINISHED
distribution various French and international distributors
firstFilmReleaseYear 1963
focusesOn ethical dilemmas in romantic relationships
genre philosophical drama
romantic drama
hasLiteraryOrigin Éric Rohmer’s short fiction
hasPart Claire’s Knee NERFINISHED
La Collectionneuse NERFINISHED
Love in the Afternoon NERFINISHED
My Night at Maud’s NERFINISHED
Suzanne’s Career NERFINISHED
The Bakery Girl of Monceau NERFINISHED
influenced modern art-house cinema
lastFilmReleaseYear 1972
mainTheme conscience
desire
moral choice
medium cinema
narrativeStyle introspective
talkative
notableWorkInCycle Claire’s Knee NERFINISHED
Love in the Afternoon NERFINISHED
My Night at Maud’s NERFINISHED
numberOfWorks 6
originalLanguage French
partOf Éric Rohmer filmography
productionPeriod 1960s
early 1970s
publicationForm short stories
recurringMotif fidelity
self-deception
temptation
targetAudience art-house film audience
typicalProtagonist bourgeois male intellectual
typicalSetting contemporary France NERFINISHED
writer Éric Rohmer NERFINISHED

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My Night at Maud’s partOf Six Moral Tales