Stars: Beatrice Romand, Andre Dussollier, Feodor Atkine, Arielle Dombasle, Madame Cador

Director: Eric Rohmer

Summary: An art student decides that she wants to get married. She sets out to capture Edmond. French dialogue with English subtitles.

A GOOD MARRIAGE, the second of six films in director Eric Rohmer's Comedies and Proverbs series, paints a cute but embarrassing portrait of Sabine (Beatrice Romand), a headstrong young woman longing for love, maturity, respect, commitment, and "the real thing." She packages up her woes, boldly walks out on her married lover, impulsively quits her job in an antique shop, and proudly announces that she has found the solution to all of her problems: She is getting married. This news comes as a big surprise to her older, happily married best friend Clarisse (Arielle Dambasle), who quickly recovers from her shock and warms to the task of finding a husband for Sabine. When Clarisse introduces Sabine to her painfully dull cousin, Edmond (Andre Dussollier), Sabine is easily convinced that he will fit the bill as her speedily chosen spouse, but Edmond is not as gullible as Sabine would care to think. Despite her aggressive pursuit of Edmond, he manages to slip out of her grasp, leaving her looking like a pouting adolescent--which she basically is. The strength of Rohmer's film resides in his delicate feel for the wonderfully loyal, understanding bond between Clarisse and Sabine and for the way that even Sabine's most ludicrous ideas are acknowledged and accepted by her friends and family. A GOOD MARRIAGE, which reads like a coming-of-age tale, fits perfectly with the thematically similar films in the series, all of which spotlight struggling, passionate characters like Sabine.

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Main Language:	French
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Eric Rohner On Le Beau Marriage, Original Theatrical Trailer
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1982
Release Date:	February 9, 2004
Runtime:	95 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	F C D 146
Keywords:	Subtitled, General, French, Beau, Drama, Le, Mariage
Genre:	Drama