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Suzanne's Career

Original title: La carrière de Suzanne
  • 19631963
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 54m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.8K
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Suzanne's Career (1963)
  • Drama
  • Romance
The friendship of Bertrand and Guillaume is complicated when the womanizing Guillaume begins to pursue a charming girl named Suzanne.The friendship of Bertrand and Guillaume is complicated when the womanizing Guillaume begins to pursue a charming girl named Suzanne.The friendship of Bertrand and Guillaume is complicated when the womanizing Guillaume begins to pursue a charming girl named Suzanne.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.8K
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  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writer
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Stars
    • Catherine Sée
    • Philippe Beuzen
    • Christian Charrière
Top credits
  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writer
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Stars
    • Catherine Sée
    • Philippe Beuzen
    • Christian Charrière
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    • 14User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claudine Soubrier, and Bertrand Tavernier in The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)
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    Patrick Bauchau and Catherine Sée in Suzanne's Career (1963)
    Patrick Bauchau and Catherine Sée in Suzanne's Career (1963)
    Patrick Bauchau in Suzanne's Career (1963)
    Patrick Bauchau and Catherine Sée in Suzanne's Career (1963)
    Philippe Beuzen in Suzanne's Career (1963)

    Top cast

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    Catherine Sée
    • Suzanneas Suzanne
    Philippe Beuzen
    • Bertrandas Bertrand
    Christian Charrière
    • Guillaumeas Guillaume
    Diane Wilkinson
    • Sophieas Sophie
    Patrick Bauchau
    Patrick Bauchau
    • Frankas Frank
    • (uncredited)
    Jean-Claude Biette
    • Jean-Louisas Jean-Louis
    • (uncredited)
    Jean-Louis Comolli
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Pierre Cottrell
    Pierre Cottrell
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Éric Rohmer
    • Writer
      • Éric Rohmer
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #344.
    • Quotes

      Guillaume: [after spanking Suzanne's behind] Don't pout. Its was just a joke.

      Suzanne: I don't like jokes in bad taste.

      Guillaume: If I had good taste, I wouldn't like you.

      Suzanne: Well, what counts is that you like me.

      Guillaume: I'm beginning to wonder.

      Suzanne: If you don't, there are plenty of others who do.

      Guillaume: Pimply-faced kids.

      Suzanne: Not at all. As good as you. Better, even.

      Guillaume: [to Bertrand] The girl's no dummy. She can hold her own.

    • Connections
      Followed by The Collector (1967)

    User reviews14

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    Top review
    7/10
    Takes awhile to get to where it's going, but offers a true statement regarding treatment of women.
    Suzanne's Career, the second of Eric Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales," is an intriguing little drama encircling the lives of three students: Bertrand, our slightly naïve narrator, Guillaume, a chauvinistic leech, and Suzanne, an easily manipulated, clingy girl whom they take advantage of. In comparison to The Girl at the Monceau Bakery (the first moral tale), Suzanne's Career is significantly darker, better acted, but somehow less effective. There's more meat here, but something gets lost in translation. It is still a good film, but it drags in places and sometimes becomes a little monotonous. If a viewer can get past that, though, the last fifteen minutes of the film is easily the best part of the entire movie.

    At the beginning, we see Bertrand and Guillaume, two young college boys, having a conversation with Suzanne, a girl whom they've just met. Guillaume decides early on to use the girl, manipulate her emotions, exploit her in any way he can. And he does so effectively, for awhile. Guillaume flirts with other girls in Suzanne's presence, talks down to her, lives off of her money completely regretless. Throughout the whole thing, Bertrand stands by. He is torn between whether or not to go against his friend, who he looks up to, or to join him and manipulate the girl in order to benefit himself.

    This is a fairly good film. It is longer than the first moral tale, but not quite feature length. The moral dilemma here, concerning fair and right treatment of women, is very interesting to watch unfold. It takes a little too long to get to where it's going, though. The middle drags on for longer than it needed to. There is no question that the two male characters are absolute pigs, but watching them act on their chauvinism gets a little old after awhile. However, good narration, an excellent plot, and a good statement about how people should be treated salvage this moral tale. Suzanne's Career is definitely worth the hour.

    7/10
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    • ruthierocks
    • Dec 9, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • 1963 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Moral Tales II: Suzanne's Career
    • Filming locations
      • Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
    • Production company
      • Les Films du Losange
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    • Runtime
      54 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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