French filmmaker Eric Rohmer dies

7:34 PM PDT 10/13/2010 by Duane Byrge, AP

New Wave director focused on feelings and foibles


Eric Rohmer (Getty)  

Eric Rohmer, a member of the French New Wave who directed such films as "My Night at Maud's," "Claire's Knee" and "Chloe in the Afternoon," died Monday in Paris. He was 89. The cause of death was not known.

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