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A Tale of Winter

Original title: Conte d'hiver
  • 19921992
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
5.1K
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A Tale of Winter (1992)
Eric Rohmer was unsurpassed at creating intelligent romantic comedies and intelligent female characters. A Tale of Winter, one of his most genial and audacious films, is a superb example of both facets. With RohmerÂ’s characteristic delight in surprise and paradox, winter, not spring, is seen as the season of rebirth and renewal, and its tale begins on a sunny beach. 

A young couple, Félicie and Charles, meet while on holiday and fall deeply in love. In a fatal slip, she gives him the wrong address, and, as a result, he disappears from her life. Five years later, at Christmas time, Félicie is a hairdresser in the Paris suburbs with a daughter (Charles’) and two lovers: the successful Maxence and the intellectual Loïc. She loves them both, but, as she says, “There’s love and love,” and the love that counts is the one she still holds for the long lost Charles. 

Félicie is one of the most fascinating in Rohmer’s distinguished line of heroines: impulsive, independent, thoughtlessly frank, disarmingly sincere, at once exasperating and enchanting. The plot centers on Félicie’s shifting allegiances to the three men in her life, with an abortive move to another city, a strange experience in the cathedral of Nevers, and a performance of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale among the stations on a roundabout journey that finally brings her face to face with the most basic issues of destiny and faith.
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Five years after losing touch with a summer fling, a woman has difficulty choosing between her two suitors.Five years after losing touch with a summer fling, a woman has difficulty choosing between her two suitors.Five years after losing touch with a summer fling, a woman has difficulty choosing between her two suitors.
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  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writer
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Stars
    • Charlotte Véry
    • Frédéric van den Driessche
    • Michel Voletti
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  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writer
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Stars
    • Charlotte Véry
    • Frédéric van den Driessche
    • Michel Voletti
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    • 33User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations

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    Ava Loraschi, Frédéric van den Driessche, and Charlotte Véry in A Tale of Winter (1992)
    Charlotte Véry in A Tale of Winter (1992)
    Hervé Furic and Charlotte Véry in A Tale of Winter (1992)
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    Frédéric van den Driessche in A Tale of Winter (1992)
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    Charlotte Véry
    Charlotte Véry
    • Félicieas Félicie
    Frédéric van den Driessche
    Frédéric van den Driessche
    • Charlesas Charles
    Michel Voletti
    Michel Voletti
    • Maxenceas Maxence
    Hervé Furic
    Hervé Furic
    • Loïcas Loïc
    Ava Loraschi
    Ava Loraschi
    • Eliseas Elise
    Christiane Desbois
    Christiane Desbois
    • Motheras Mother
    Rosette
    Rosette
    • Sisteras Sister
    Jean-Luc Revol
    • Brother-in-Lawas Brother-in-Law
    Haydée Caillot
    Haydée Caillot
    • Edwigeas Edwige
    Jean-Claude Biette
    • Quentinas Quentin
    Marie Rivière
    Marie Rivière
    • Doraas Dora
    Claudine Paringaux
    • Customeras Customer
    Roger Dumas
    Roger Dumas
    • Léontèsas Léontès
    Danièle Lebrun
    Danièle Lebrun
    • Paulinaas Paulina
    Diane Lepvrier
    Diane Lepvrier
    • Hermioneas Hermione
    Edwige Navarro
    • Perditaas Perdita
    François Rauscher
    • Florizelas Florizel
    Daniel Tarrare
    • Polyxènesas Polyxènes
    • Director
      • Éric Rohmer
    • Writer
      • Éric Rohmer
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    • Trivia
      Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
    • Quotes

      Felicie: Many women would rather live with some other man, but he's not real, he's a dream. For me, the dream was reality. An absent reality.

    • Connections
      Featured in Discovering Christmas Films (2018)

    User reviews33

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    9/10
    A Tale of Faith in the Cold
    This second in Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons begins with a rapid montage that shows the amazingly romantic beach vacation romance of Felicie and Charles. The two appear to be quite in love but continuation of their relationship is hindered by Felicie foolishly giving him the wrong address. Cut to 5 years later and Felicie is living with that mistake and Charles's daughter. Her subsequent relationships with men have not been successful and in fact around half of the film shows the two major ones in their late stages.

    As I watched Felicie and her attempts to get along with her two suitors I couldn't quite decide how to interpret her actions. Clearly both men cared for her but she was unable or unwilling to care for them to the same degree. I wasn't sure whether to view her actions cynically and assume she was just using the missing man as a larger than life figure which other men couldn't hope to measure up to or to view them more generously and assume that Charles was actually her true love. The beauty of the film is that ultimately it could be seen either way.

    Regardless of her true motivations it was quite clear that she really had faith in her love for Charles. In fact, it seems to be in her nature to take things on faith. She relies on intuition rather than logic to make decisions; this often makes her actions seem unintelligent but to simplify her this way would be a mistake. In a conversation about reincarnation she makes arguments that her friend recognizes as being similar to the philosophies of Pascal and Plato, two writers she hasn't read.

    Although the plot of this film is more conventional (i.e. it has something like a resolution) than most Rohmer films it still manages to be quite effective and emotionally resonant. The cinematography is quite good, especially in the opening montage and the urban night scenes. Also, once again Rohmer does an incredible job of capturing the essence of a complex character. One of the best Rohmer films I've seen
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1992 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • A Winter's Tale
    • Production companies
      • Compagnie Eric Rohmer (CER)
      • Les Films du Losange
      • Canal+
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $23,268
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,802
      • Dec 21, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $52,431
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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