Pauline at the Beach
If you're intimidated by the phrase "French art cinema," try Eric Rohmer, whose films are not punishingly experimental but gently comic, lightly distanced comedies of sex, love, and narcissism. In Pauline at the Beach, the title character, a teenager, spends the summer observing the foibles and poor decisions of adults making bad decisions at the beach—before getting caught up in a romance of her own.
by Joule Zelman
