The Green Ray (1986) on Netflix
Delphine, a Parisian secretary, has no plans for the summer. Her travel companion is going to Greece with a new boyfriend instead, and Delphine does not want to go away alone.
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Plot summary
It is July in Paris, and Delphine has just come out of a relationship. Her traveling companion has gone to Greece with a new boyfriend instead, leaving Delphine with no plans as the city empties for the summer. She has no boyfriend of her own and finds it hard to meet new people. A friend invites her to a beach party in Cherbourg for the weekend, but among the group she is the only one who is single, and she soon goes back to Paris.
Cast
- Eric Hammas Edouard in Cherbourg
- Joël Comarlotas Joel
- Sylvie Richezas in Paris
- Basile Gervaiseas in Paris
- Virginie Gervaiseas in Paris
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Green Ray (1986)
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- Rohmer gathered his cast before the shoot and let every actor invent their own dialogue, and said lead actress Marie Rivière "is the one who called the shots" — by what she said, how she questioned people, and the questions her character drew from the others.
- Rohmer shot the film chronologically on 16 mm so Delphine could blend into the crowd and her isolation stand out, and told cinematographer Sophie Maintigneux to keep the shoot's technical side to a minimum so as not to distract the actors.
- The film's only major expense was a trip to the Canary Islands, made to film the green rays there.
