Eric Rohmer's A TALE OF WINTER is a beautifully buoyant film, both intellectually challenging and rapturously romantic. Rohmer invests his simple story, first released in France in 1991, with the kind of thoughtful, delicate touches for which he is famous.
In contemporary Normandy, after a holiday at the seashore, two lovers, Felicie (Charlotte Very) and Charles (Frederic Van Den Driessche), go their separate ways. Felicie gives Charles her address, but Charles is between residences, so he promises to write instead. Five years later, Felicie is a
hairdresser in a nearby town. Although she is raising Charles's child, Elise (Ava Loraschi), Felicie has never hear...
Released:
1991
Rated:
NR
Length:
113 mins