An Autumn Tale

1998 1h 52m FR

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7.1

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★7.1TMDB · 146

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Marie Rivière
Isabelle
Béatrice Romand
Magali
Alain Libolt
Gérald
Didier Sandre
Étienne
Alexia Portal
Rosine
Aurélia Alcaïs
Émilia
Stéphane Darmon
Léo
Matthieu Davette
Grégoire

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Éric Rohmer
Writers: Éric Rohmer
Languages: French
Countries: France

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 7

CRAFT

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Part of the "Tales of the Four Seasons" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Éric Rohmer, shot by Diane Baratier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mary Stephen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 7

CAST

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Marie Rivière and Béatrice Romand and Alain Libolt carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0137439 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Éric Rohmer directs. Diane Baratier behind the camera. Mary Stephen cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

128 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Tales of the Four Seasons" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Éric Rohmer, shot by Diane Baratier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Mary Stephen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Marie Rivière and Béatrice Romand and Alain Libolt carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0137439 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "friendship", "countryside", "widow", "southern france".
9Released under 23 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Diane Baratier
Editing: Mary Stephen
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Status: Released
Original language: FR
IMDB: An Autumn Tale (1998)

Part of

Tales of the Four Seasons

The seasons may change, but the follies of the heart are constant in this ineffably lovely quartet of films by Eric Rohmer, one of cinema’s most perceptive chroniclers of the pangs and perils of romance. Set throughout France, Tales of the Four Seasons is a cycle to stand alongside the director’s two earlier acclaimed film series, Six Moral Tales and Comedies and Proverbs. By turns comic and melancholic, breezy and richly philosophical, these bittersweet tales of love, longing, and the inevitable misunderstandings that shape human relationships probe the most complex of emotions with the utmost grace.