True and False Conversion: My Night at Maud's (1969) w/ Matthew Schmitz

<p>Jean-Louis, 34-year-old Catholic engineer, lives a quiet life studying mathematics and reading Pascal. One day, he sees a beautiful girl, Francoise, at Mass and decides he will marry her. But this pursuit is interrupted when he spends the night before Christmas at the apartment of a seductive divorcee, the atheist Maud, who tests his moral code.</p> <p>First Things senior editor Matthew Schmitz joins the podcast to discuss Catholic director Eric Rohmer's highly influential 1969 breakout film. <em>My Night at Maud's</em> is the fourth entry in Rohmer's series <em>Six Moral Tales.</em></p> <p>Extensive moral dialogues have never been so masterfully directed and acted; the film is fully entertaining though packed with ideas. Is Catholicism just a moral code or something more? Is sainthood for everyone? How do we recognize God's grace in the chance happenings of life? What is true conversion?</p> <p>Watch discussion on YouTube: <a href= "https://youtu.be/mAeBRM5ky7U">https://youtu.be/mAeBRM5ky7U</a></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p>Matthew Schmitz on Rohmer, "The Anti-Romantic" <a href= "https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/10/the-anti-romantic">https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/10/the-anti-romantic</a></p> <p>Music is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. <a href= "https://theduskwhales.bandcamp.com/">https://theduskwhales.bandcamp.com/</a></p> <p>This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like the show, please consider supporting us! <a href= "http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio">http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio</a></p>