Each of these films begins with a proverb, in the case of The Aviator's Wife this is: "On ne saurait penser à rien" or "It is impossible to think about nothing".

The two mend their relationship, though Anne appears hurt after François begrudgingly tells her about the afternoon he spent with Lucie.

Later that night, François goes to Lucie's flat seemingly to place a postcard in her mailbox directly, saving money on a stamp.

After completing his "Six Moral Tales" series in 1972 with Love in the Afternoon, Rohmer spent the remainder of the decade filming historical literary adaptations, such as The Marquise of O (1976) and Perceval le Gallois (1978).

"[4] Janet Maslin of The New York Times gave the film a positive review, but notes that there is a lot of talk, and that characters "express their fears and wishes in a relatively simple fashion" and that this "makes the material seem thin.