: Despite being the youngest, Pauline emerges as the most perceptive and mature character. She observes the adults' "wagging tongues" and chooses a more sincere path with a boy her own age, Sylvain.
Éric Rohmer's 1983 film Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la plage) is accessible on the Internet Archive , frequently appearing in user-curated collections with original French audio. As part of the "Comedies and Proverbs" series, the film explores romantic entanglements on the Normandy coast, featuring cinematography inspired by Henri Matisse. View the film and access related scholarly materials at the Internet Archive . Pauline at the Beach - Harvard Film Archive pauline at the beach internet archive top