JustWatch
Advertisement
Le Rayon Vert (1986)
SummaryLe Rayon Vert follows the independent but insecure Delphine, a newly single young Parisian who cannot find a holiday companion for the month of August, and meets and rejects, glides and stumbles in her longing for connection. Overhearing a discussion of Jules Verne’s The Green Ray, Delphine becomes fascinated with seeing the elusive meteorologica... Read More

Le Rayon Vert (1986)

Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
tbd
User score
Generally Favorable
7.8
My Score
Drag or tap to give a rating
Hover and click to give a rating

Where to Watch

Not available in your country?
Get 3 Extra months free
$6.67/mth
Advertisement
Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
tbd
100% Positive
2 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
  • All Reviews
  • Positive Reviews
  • Mixed Reviews
  • Negative Reviews
Jun 7, 2011
100
Village Voice
Rohmer's 1986 masterpiece (being re-released with its original French title, which translates as "The Green Ray"), Le Rayon Vert centers on those themes, too, but delivers something much richer: an absorbing, empathic portrait of a complex woman caught between her own obstinacy and melancholy.
Jun 7, 2011
100
Slant Magazine
Those who find Rohmer heroines difficult - that is, demanding because they are three-dimensional, non-formulaic creations with an intricate set of foibles and needs - might even be won over by the depth and poignancy of Delphine, one of its maker's most generously etched characters.
See All 2 Critic Reviews
User score
Generally Favorable
7.8
78% Positive
7 Ratings
22% Mixed
2 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
  • All Reviews
  • Positive Reviews
  • Mixed Reviews
  • Negative Reviews
Dec 16, 2020
10
Dan_B
Después de bastante tiempo, la semana pasada volví a ver El rayo verde, una película de Eric Rohmer que relata la deriva de Delphine, una secretaria parisina de vacaciones (Marie Riviere) , por diferentes sitios de veraneo y que arrastra un desengaño amoroso que no puede superar. Es increíble la lozanía que mantiene esta película de 1986 (forma parte del ciclo de Rohmer Comedias y Proverbios) , una referencia ineludible cuando se habla de películas sobre vacaciones (sobre todo de vacaciones en soledad) y de replanteos existenciales frente al mar o de almuerzos o meriendas con amigos o extraños en un jardín. Justamente la volví a recordar al ver Isabella, con sus ritos frente al Rio de la Plata y los paseos de una de sus protagonistas. La naturalidad y sutileza de los diálogos (y sus ramalazos de humor), la irrupción de diferentes personajes de la nada, los cambiantes estados de ánimo de Delphine (que puede ser adorable o exasperante) de la mano de la maravillosa actuación de Marie Riviere, los climas que se van creando y un movimiento que no cesa en una película que transcurre casi enteramente en exteriores. Rohmer logra a través de Delphine una sorprendente unidad en una película de estructura episódica. Todos estos, factores que configuran el universo rohmeriano. Una pelícual que nos depara uno de los finales más maravillosos y epifánicos de la historia del cine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After a long time, last week I saw again The Green Lightning, a film by Eric Rohmer that recounts the drift of Delphine, a Parisian secretary on vacation (Marie Riviere), through different places of summer and that drags a love disappointment that does not can overcome. The freshness that this 1986 film maintains is incredible (it is part of the Rohmer Comedies and Proverbs cycle), an unavoidable reference when talking about films about vacations (especially vacations in solitude) and existential rethinking in front of the sea or lunches or snacks with friends or strangers in a garden. The naturalness and subtlety of the dialogues (and their outbursts of humor), the emergence of different characters from nowhere, Delphine's changing moods (who can be adorable or infuriating) hand in hand with Marie Riviere's wonderful performance, the climates that are being created and a movement that does not stop in a film that takes place almost entirely outdoors. Rohmer achieves through Delphine a surprising unity in a film with an episodic structure. All these factors that make up the Rohmerian universe. A film that brings us one of the most wonderful and epiphanic endings in the history of cinema.
Jan 20, 2026
4
famfacat
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
See All 9 User Reviews
Advertisement
  • Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
  • P.T.T.
  • Les Films du Losange
  • Ministères de la Culture de l'industrie et des P.T.T.
Jun 9, 2011
1 h 38 m
R
Venice Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Cahiers du Cinéma
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Advertisement
Advertisement
Related Content: ijumpman | fishie fishie | lucha libre aaa heroes del ring | disgaea 4 a promise unforgotten medic | disgaea 4 a promise unforgotten pirohiko ichimonji | four in a row 2010 | zombie square | super sniper hd | the will of dr frankenstein | chuck e cheeseand39s party games alley roller