Metrograph

Shot in the environs of Lake Annecy, Claire’s Knee—the fifth entry in Rohmer’s series of Six Moral Tales—concerns a cultured, soon-to-be-wed diplomat (Jean-Claude Brialy) who develops a consuming obsession with the knee of an acquaintance’s daughter, a fetish which in Rohmer’s hands takes on the character of an almost religious quest. With the always wonderful Béatrice Romand, making her first appearance in Rohmer’s stock company.

Distributor: Janus Films