Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle is a 1987 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer, starring Joëlle Miquel, Jessica Forde, Philippe Laudenbach, Marie Rivière and Fabrice Luchini.

Synopsis

The film consists of four episodes in the relationship of two young women: Reinette, a country girl, and Mirabelle, a Parisian. The first episode, "L'Heure bleue", recounts their meeting, and Reinette's wish to share the blue hour, a moment of silence between the natural sounds of the night and the dawn. The second episode, "Le Garçon de café", centers on a café and a difficult waiter. In the third, "Le Mendiant, la Kleptomane et l'Arnaqueuse", the girls discuss their differing views on people at the margins of society: beggars, thieves and swindlers. In the fourth episode, "La Vente du tableau", Reinette and Mirabelle succeed in selling one of Reinette's paintings to an art dealer, while Reinette pretends to be mute and Mirabelle, acting as if she does not know Reinette, does all the talking.

Cast

as Reinette
as Mirabelle

"The Waiter"

Philippe Laudenbach as the waiter
François-Marie Banier as the first passer-by
Jean-Claude Brisseau as the second passer-by

"The Beggar, the Kleptomaniac and the Hustler"

Yasmine Haury as the kleptomaniac
Gérard Courant as the male inspector
Béatrice Romand as the female inspector
Marie Rivière as the scammer
David Rocksavage as the English tourist
Jacques Auffray as the tapeur
Haydée Caillot as the charitable woman

"Selling the Painting"

Fabrice Luchini as the art dealer
Marie Bouteloup and Françoise Valier as visitors in the gallery