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. All of them have two critical qualities - they can deliver the script's lines naturally and flawlessly, and the camera loves them. None of the performers in Boyfriends and Girlfriends became a prominent names before or after this movie, but all of them had careers.