Could you tell me how your favorite film tastes? This week we talk with Emily Neff who makes custom ice cream flavors in Paris about making a flavor for the beach films of Éric Rohmer. Emily unpacks the allure of these films as summertime staples of French cinematic culture while Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray (Alex Brook Lynn) ask questions trying to get to the heart of what these movies taste like as ice cream.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

ARBL, Emily, and Manon sit in the lush lobby of the L'Arlequin right in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a beautiful art deco theater which was once owned by Jacques Tati. They discuss French cinema, Éric Rohmer, French new wave, and old-time sayings.

IN THIS EPISODE:

Movies We Talk About:

Summer’s Tale/Conte d'été (1996) -Éric Rohmer

Clair’s Knee/Le Genou de Claire (1970) -Éric Rohmer

The Green Ray/Le Rayon vert (1986) - Éric Rohmer

Benedetta (2021)- Paul Verhoeven

Simple Comme Sylvain/The Nature of Love (2023)- Monia CHOKRI

Le Deuxième Acte/The Second Act (2024) - Quentin Dupieux

Call Me by your name (2017)- Luca Guadagnino

La Piscine (1969) - Jacques Deray

Ice Cream Shop Recommendations in Paris:

Folderol

10 Rue du Grand Prieuré, 75011 Paris, France

JJ Hings

46 Rue Bichat, 75010 Paris, France

(@jjhings)

Movie Theaters in Paris We Discuss:

Summer Program Eric Rohmer:

https://www.epeedebois.com/

L’Arlequin

76 Rue de Rennes, Paris 75006

https://dulaccinemas.com/cinema/2625/l-arlequin/seances

A Few Good Reads on Éric Rohmer:

New Yorker Article on Eric Rohmer’s Movie Music

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/eric-rohmers-movie-music

NYT Article on

“Make This an ‘Eric Rohmer Summer.’

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/style/summer-fashion-eric-rohmer.html

NYT review of Clair’s Knee in 1971

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/07/archives/-claires-knee-close-to-a-perfect-movie-claire-close-to-a-perfect.html

Lost in Frenchlation with Éric Rohmer at L'Epée de Bois movie theater:

100 Rue Mouffetard, 75005 Paris, France

July 23rd Le Genou de Claire (Clair's Knee)

July 30th Pauline à la Plage (Pauline at the Beach)

August 6th Conte D'été (Summer's Tale)

For more information about Lost in Frenchlation and to buy tickets go to:

https://lostinfrenchlation.com/