Boyfriends and Girlfriends


Boyfriends and Girlfriends is a 1987 comedy film directed by Éric Rohmer. The film stars Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir, Anne-Laure Meury. The title literally means the friend of my friend, or perhaps the boyfriend of my girlfriend: it echoes the proverb "Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis".

Plot

Blanche is freshly installed in Cergy-Pontoise, a trendy new town near Paris. She has a new apartment, a new job with no one over and no one under her. She meets Léa at lunch one day, and soon she meets an acquaintance of Léa, Alexandre, whom she approaches somewhat awkwardly. The film then follows the time-honored plot of exchange of relationships, as Blanche and Léa switch boyfriends.

Cast

The film received generally positive reviews from major critics, with 100% favorable rating from 9 critics at Rotten Tomatoes. Vincent Canby of New York Times praises the film highly, saying "L'Ami de Mon Amie is as clean and functional in appearance as the satellite city, but it's full of unexpected delights." Film critics Jonathan Rosenbaum and Roger Ebert also give the film a favorable rating.