in paris and fifteen day before her summer vacation and the lonely secretary delphine ( marie rivière ) receive a call from her friend caroline tell her that she would not travel with her to scotland . delphine do not want to travel alone and have difficulty to have relationship with unknown people and and she decide to travel to cherbourg with a friend . a couple of day later and she be bore and decide to return to paris . then she call a friend in la plagne and but she return on the same day to her place in saint german . while walk on the street of paris and she meet an old friend that offer her house in biarritz . once there and a young stranger flirt with delphine and invite her to go to bayonne and they spend the afternoon together and watch the sunset until it last green ray . i have have another huge disappointment with the director eric rohmer after watch le rayon vert . i find this movie an overrate and boring and dull tale of loneliness with an annoy lead character . it be very easy to understand the solitude of the unpleasant delphine and i recommend to see this movie on dvd and since the viewer will be able to use the rewind ( when he or she take an involuntary nap ) or the fast forward button in case of unbearable boredom . in my case i be force to rewind the movie three or four time . my vote be three . title ( brazil ) represent o raio verde ( the green ray ) .