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A cathedral looms in the background of a shot in this film that frames two characters at the top of a hill during a snowstorm, where one confesses to have just recently ended an affair with a married man. A Marxist in this film discusses how he must opt for the hypothesis that history has meaning, even though he considers (15[1])the opposite more likely, in one of this film’s many references to Pascal. This film was released after La Collectionneuse and served as the centerpiece of its director’s series (*) Six Moral Tales. A shot in this film captures the protagonist (-5[1])wrapped in a blanket above the covers while in bed (-5[1])with the title character. At the end of this film, the protagonist encounters his ex-lover at a beach, before confessing to his wife Françoise he had been with that ex-lover the morning they first met in Clermont-Ferrand. For 10 points, the strict principles of Jean-Louis are challenged by a stay with the title divorcee in what Éric Rohmer film? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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