Jerôme spends his summer nursing crushes on Laura and, more tantalizingly, her older half sister Claire—though he soon plans to marry a diplomat’s daughter. Baring her knee on a ladder under a blooming cherry tree, Claire incites a moral crisis for Jerôme while creating an image that is both the iconic emblem of Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales and one of French cinema's most enduring moments.
Jerôme spends his summer nursing crushes on Laura and, more tantalizingly, her older half sister Claire—though he soon plans to marry a diplomat’s daughter. Baring her knee on a ladder under a blooming cherry tree, Claire incites a moral crisis for Jerôme while creating an image that is both the iconic emblem of Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales and one of French cinema's most enduring moments.
