La Collectionneuse was directed by Eric Rohmer and released in 1967. It was the third movie of Rohmer’s six moral tales, and his first feature film in color. The movie follows a man named Adrian who goes out to live in the country to find peace. He wants to take a break from his life and do literally nothing and is accompanied by his friend Daniel. Everything is going well until he finds out that he will be sharing the house with not only Daniel, but a young woman named Haydee. Haydee is considered as a “collector”, a collector of men. She has a new man every night, and sometimes a different one in the morning as well.
Haydee changes Adrian’s plans. He does not want to be attracted to her but he cannot fight it. Haydee plays games with his head until the two finally decide to be together. At this point Adrian changes his mind once again and leaves Haydee with no warning.
The themes that I saw in this film were loyalty, happiness, and lust. Haydee has no loyalty to anyone, which explains why she constantly has a new man in her life. She does not know what she wants, and it seems that she will never be happy. Adrian thought that the peace of the country and doing nothing would make him happy, but this was not the case. He then thinks that he will be happy with Haydee but once he has her he realizes that this does not make him happy either. Lust was the most prominent theme in the movie. Both Adrian and Daniel desire Haydee at one point but Haydee does not know what she desires. Lust drives this movie, and causes many problems throughout the film.
This film was very interesting. It was a different type of movie and did not have a happy ending. Instead of focusing on one relationship between a man and a woman, Rohmer focuses on how Haydee makes others act. She turns Daniel into a mess, and confuses Adrian to the point that she is all he can think about. Rohmer made a masterpiece with this film.
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