She’s rolling in the grass dressed in sunflower yellow, kissing a man about whom she’s passionately ambivalent (“Boyfriends and Girlfriends,” 1987). She’s strolling through the countryside in a fleecy blue sweater, having no fun at all (“The Green Ray,” 1986). This is summer love, Eric Rohmer-style: It isn’t easy, but it sure is chic. The characters are “often on vacation, so you want something that’s sort of breezy that you can move in,” she said. “His clothes aren’t extravagant, but they’re elegant in this easy, ineffable way.”

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Persons: she’s, Ray, She’s, Frenchman, Eric Rohmer, ” Alexandra Tell, ” Locations: France