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The Green Ray

World and International Narrative Cinema

The Green Ray is a 1986 French romantic drama written and directed by Eric Rohmer, starring Marie Riviere as Delphine, a Parisian left alone and heartbroken after her travel companion cancels their summer holiday. Delphine drifts through several failed vacation plans before, while in Biarritz, she learns of the green ray, a rare optical phenomenon Jules Verne wrote could reveal inner truth at sunset, which she eventually witnesses with a man she has just met. The film won the Golden Lion and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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French 1
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1882 2
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The Green Ray is a 1986 French romantic drama written and directed by Eric Rohmer, starring Marie Riviere as Delphine, a Parisian left alone and heartbroken after her travel companion cancels their summer holiday.
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