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| Two very amateur detectives |
After the international success of his Six Moral Tales series, French director Éric Rohmer took an unexpected left turn in the 1970's. Whereas the moral tales had focused on the lives and loves of contemporary youth in France with a naturalistic veracity that bordered on neo-realism, the three features he released between 1973 and 1980 were each lushly appointed period pieces. He would return to the style on which he made his name, however, in 1981 when he launched his second series, Comedies and Proberbs, with the film The Aviator's Wife.
