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Actors: Marie Rivière, Philippe Marlaud, Anne-Laure Meury, Fabrice Luchini, Mathieu Carrière
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Aviator's Wife
THE AVIATOR'S WIFE (La Femme de l'Aviateur) is a movie written and directed by Eric Rohmer in 1980.

François works by night while Anne is a daytime secretary. One morning, François sees Christian, Anne's ex-boyfriend, leaving the building with her. The young man will spend the day following Christian in the streets of Paris.

Meanwhile, Christian has just told Anne he's breaking up with her, and Anne is trying to overcome her sorrow. But François is harrassing her with questions about the reason she's still seeing Christian causing her to become more and more angry with him.

--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar



Analysis of The Aviator's Wife
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Inner struggle or disability Yes
Lover is... - totally uninterested
Coping with loss of loved one? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - blue collar
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie? - 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality - French

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - secretary
Eccentric: Yes - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - France
City? Yes
City: - Paris
Misc setting - bar

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - French
Subtitles? - Yes
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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