Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.
Love in the Afternoon has generally received very positive reviews.
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Love in the Afternoon was released in 1972 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 152 reviews, giving Love in the Afternoon (1972) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 78%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 66%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Love in the Afternoon than critics were.
With a score of 76%, Love in the Afternoon is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1972, which stands at 58%.
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