Question 1

True or false: Eric Rohmer was a film critic for Cahiers du Cinéma before becoming a director.

Accepted Answer

True. Rohmer was indeed a key critic and editor at Cahiers, alongside Truffaut and Godard, shaping French New Wave theory.

Question 2

True or false: Rohmer directed only feature films, never making a short or documentary.

Accepted Answer

False. Rohmer made many shorts and documentaries, including 'The Kreutzer Sonata' (1956) and the educational series 'Ville nouvelle'.

Question 3

True or false: Rohmer directed all six of his 'Moral Tales' in chronological order over a decade.

Accepted Answer

False. The 'Six Moral Tales' were not shot in order; for example, 'My Night at Maud's' (the third tale) was actually the fourth film produced.

Question 4

True or false: Rohmer won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for his film 'Pauline at the Beach'.

Accepted Answer

False. The 1983 Palme d'Or was awarded to 'The Ballad of Narayama', not 'Pauline at the Beach'. Rohmer never won the Palme d'Or.

Question 5

True or false: Eric Rohmer began his career as a writer for the influential film journal Cahiers du Cinéma.

Accepted Answer

True. Rohmer was an editor at Cahiers du Cinéma in the 1950s, where he helped develop the auteur theory before becoming a major filmmaker himself.

Question 6

True or false: Before filmmaking, Rohmer worked as a high school mathematics teacher.

Accepted Answer

True. Rohmer taught literature and later mathematics, which influenced his precise, almost geometric framing and narrative structure.

Question 7

True or false: Rohmer's real birth name was Jean-Marie Maurice Schérer.

Accepted Answer

True. He adopted the pseudonym Eric Rohmer early in his career to avoid confusion with his brother, writer René Schérer.

Question 8

True or false: Rohmer was an outspoken advocate for color film and refused to shoot in black and white.

Accepted Answer

False. Rohmer shot 'My Night at Maud's' entirely in black and white and used monochrome in several later films for stylistic effect.

Eric Rohmer Trivia Questions