The Bakery Girl of Monceau 1963

Six Contes moraux
La boulangère de Monceau (The Bakery Girl of Monceau) (1963) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-bakery-girl-of-monceau-1963
La Carrière de Suzanne (Suzanne's Career) (1963) https://trakt.tv/movies/suzanne-s-career-1963
La Collectionneuse (1967) https://trakt.tv/movies/la-collectionneuse-1967
Ma Nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maud's) (1969) https://trakt.tv/movies/my-night-at-maud-s-1969
Le genou de Claire (Claire's Knee) (1970) https://trakt.tv/movies/claire-s-knee-1970
L'Amour l'Après-Midi (Love in the Afternoon) (1972) https://trakt.tv/movies/love-in-the-afternoon-1972

I remember loving Ma Nuit chez Maud and Le Genou de Claire when I first saw them in the 80s and 90s, so I thought I would introduce a friend to Rohmer by starting at the beginning. Not a good move, I am afraid. Seeing Paris in the 1960s was, as always, a bit of a treat, but the central character was such an unappealing misogynist it was a hard watch even though it was quite short. It appears that Rohmer wanted to retain some ironic distance from his protagonist, but that's hard to maintain when that character is also narrating the film.