Here is another enchanting French film written and directed by Eric Rohmer. After meeting Mirabelle (Jessica Forde) on a country road, Reinette (Joelle Miquel), an artist who lives alone in an abandoned farmhouse, invites this university student from Paris to stay with her for a few days. The high point of the visit is when she introduces the city dweller to "the blue hour" — a soothing period of time just before dawn when all of nature is silent.

Later when Reinette decides to study art in Paris, she shares an apartment with Mirabelle. The two women are very different in their responses to the city and to the people who live there. Reinette is shocked when a waiter treats her shamefully and a female hustler takes advantage of her in a railroad station. Mirabelle, on the other hand, ignores the plight of the homeless and is amused by the antics of a kleptomaniac in a supermarket.

Every day we are confronted by myriads of choices that require no thought; others demand more careful ethical consideration. Writer and director Eric Rohmer does a remarkable job revealing the different values of these two young women from divergent worlds. The message in this film: our moral perspective does have an impact on the quality of our lives, and the way we treat others is a key to our character.