Claire’s Knee

Jerôme spends his summer nursing crushes on Laura and, more tantalizingly, her older half sister Claire—though he soon plans to marry a diplomat’s daughter.

Baring her knee on a ladder under a blooming cherry tree, Claire incites a moral crisis for Jerôme while creating an image that is both the iconic emblem of Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales and one of French cinema's most enduring moments.