Anyone expecting to be rolling in the aisles during Boyfriends and Girlfriends will be disappointed. Likewise, as is his trademark, there is no melodrama. Rohmer tweaks our intellect, not our emotions. A similar simple approach has long been favored by Rohmer. There is no incidental music.
Natural lighting is preferred.
No props have been brought in. Shooting is on location. And there are certainly no mindless action sequences. One cannot imagine Boyfriends and Girlfriends having been made in any other manner. For his cast, Rohmer has selected a fine group of young actors.