be a huge fan of conte dete ( http represent or or www . imdb . com or title or tt0115940 or ) i be expect to be wow by another french beach romance with a lot of honesty and realism and and humor . same director and same actress what could go wrong . unfortunately and pauline a la plange be a huge disappointment . it very slow and talkative which would be fine if the dialog convey insight into the character and be meaningful and or original . but it come across a a typical soap opera alternate between irrelevant pillow talk and jealous accusation . the only thing that save this movie from be a complete disaster be a small amount of character development or at least character change with regard to pauline . the source material be standard fare ( sexual awakening during a beach vacation ) but it could have be a decent film nevertheless if any of the character be sufficiently interest . unfortunately that not the case . event though there be other shortcoming with rohmer season cycle and most of his late film be definitely league above this one .