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A Tale of Winter

Original title: Conte d'hiver
  • 1992
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
7.1K
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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 Rohmer’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.

  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writer
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Stars
    • Charlotte Véry
    • Frédéric van den Driessche
    • Michel Voletti
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    7.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Éric Rohmer
    • Writer
      • Éric Rohmer
    • Stars
      • Charlotte Véry
      • Frédéric van den Driessche
      • Michel Voletti
    • 39User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Top Cast21

    Charlotte Véry
    Charlotte Véry
    • Félicie
    Frédéric van den Driessche
    Frédéric van den Driessche
    • Charles
    Michel Voletti
    Michel Voletti
    • Maxence
    Hervé Furic
    Hervé Furic
    • Loïc
    Ava Loraschi
    Ava Loraschi
    • Elise
    Christiane Desbois
    Christiane Desbois
    • Mother
    Rosette
    Rosette
    • Sister
    Jean-Luc Revol
    • Brother-in-Law
    Haydée Caillot
    Haydée Caillot
    • Edwige
    Jean-Claude Biette
    Jean-Claude Biette
    • Quentin
    Marie Rivière
    Marie Rivière
    • Dora
    Claudine Paringaux
    • Customer
    Roger Dumas
    Roger Dumas
    • Léontès
    Danièle Lebrun
    Danièle Lebrun
    • Paulina
    Diane Lepvrier
    Diane Lepvrier
    • Hermione
    Edwige Navarro
    • Perdita
    François Rauscher
    • Florizel
    Daniel Tarrare
    Daniel Tarrare
    • Polyxènes
    • Director
      • Éric Rohmer
    • Writer
      • Éric Rohmer
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews39

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    Summary

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    Related interests

    Jean-Pierre Léaud in The 400 Blows (1959)
    French
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    Drama
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    Romance

    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.
    • Quotes
      • Loïc: If I were God, I'd cherish you particularly.
      • Felicie: Why?
      • Loïc: Because you were unjustly unhappy, and you can sacrifice your happiness, your life to a love that's out of reach.
    • Connections
      Featured in Discovering Christmas Films (2018)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • January 29, 1992 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Kış Öyküsü
    • Filming locations
      • Théâtre Gérard Philipe - 59 Bd Jules Guesde, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France(Felicie and Loic see Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale)
    • Production companies
      • Compagnie Eric Rohmer (CER)
      • Les Films du Losange
      • Canal+
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    Box office

    • Gross US & Canada
      • $23,268
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,802
      • Dec 21, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $52,431
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 54m(114 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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