Veronica and Her Dunce

1958 [FRENCH]

Action / Comedy

4
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 1273 1.3K

short film

Plot summary

Véronique gives a mathematics lesson to a dunce who answers the prepared questions with disconcertingly sound answers.

Director

Éric Rohmer Photo
Éric Rohmer

Top cast

Stella Dassas Photo
Stella Dassas as Madame
Nicole Berger Photo
Nicole Berger as Véronique
Alain Delrieu Photo
Alain Delrieu as Madame's son
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168.78 MB
956*720
French 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
12 hr 18 min
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313.33 MB
1424*1072
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 18 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ASuiGeneris 5 / 10

Who is the real one?

Nothing satisfying really occurs in "Véronique & Her Dunce". To clarify, it is not a matter of anything significant. There is a plethora of excellent plotless feature length masterpieces out there, after all. Even though there is a very simple plot at play here, thirteen minutes later- excepting a chuckle maybe- there is nothing to care about nor ponder. Fourteen minutes later, we might as well have never seen it, so forgettable it was.We see a young boy meet his brand new tutor, we get the sense that he is a slightly deceitful boy- at least with his mother. It is no shocking revelation, then, when we see him act likewise with Véronique. It is a short, yes, but that is no reason to not have any character development.However, this is a nice showcase for Éric Rohmer's style. Any first time audience members should rest assured that his later work is more meaningful and exhibits substantial improvement; his style can already be recognized in this very early short, one which evolves into what makes him one of the most respected French New Wave directors.To his credit, this otherwise unfulfilling short does has the saving grace of some entertaining cleverness and witty responses from the young boy. Clearly, he is no dunce; Veronique might be, though, for falling for it all. I bet the boy's mother never said any such thing about leaving after an hour!
Reviewed by Red-125 7 / 10

I'm not sure he was a dunce

The French short film Véronique et son cancre (1958) was shown in the U.S. with the translated title Véronique and her Dunce. It was written and directed by Éric Rohmer.Nicole Berger stars as Véronique, who has been hired to tutor a young boy (portrayed by Alain Delrieu). I don't think the boy was a dunce. I think that he didn't care about school, and he would have needed a really talented tutor to engage him in his schoolwork.Unfortunately, Véronique doesn't appear to be that person. She wasn't skilled enough to arouse any academic interest in the boy, and she acted ill at ease as a tutor. Not a good combination.We saw this film as a special feature in the Criterion Collection version of Rohmer's Love in the Afternoon. The short has an anemic IMDb rating of 6.7. I thought that was about right and rated it 7.
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