A Tale of Winter

1992 1h 54m FR

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★7.0TMDB · 186

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Charlotte Véry
Félicie
Frédéric van den Driessche
Charles
Michel Voletti
Maxence
Hervé Furic
Loïc
Ava Loraschi
Elise
Christiane Desbois
Mother
Rosette
Sister
Jean-Luc Revol
Brother-in-Law

Credits

Behind the camera

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

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ERA

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

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CRAFT

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

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Sébastien Erms. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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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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CAST

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Charlotte Véry and Frédéric van den Driessche and Michel Voletti carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0104008 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Éric Rohmer directs. Luc Pagès behind the camera. Sébastien Erms scores. Mary Stephen cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

134 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.
3Directed by Éric Rohmer, shot by Luc Pagès. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Sébastien Erms. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Mary Stephen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Charlotte Véry and Frédéric van den Driessche and Michel Voletti carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0104008 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 20 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Luc Pagès
Original score: Sébastien Erms
Editing: Mary Stephen
Costume design: Pierre-Jean Larroque
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Status: Released
Box office: $213,687
Original language: FR
IMDB: A Tale of Winter (1992)

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.