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A Tale of Winter [Region 2]

starring: Charlotte Véry, Frédéric van den Driessche, Michael Voletti, Hervé Furic, Ava Loraschi
directed by: Eric Rohmer

: A Tale of Winter [Region 2]
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 3530941003718
Format: Anamorphic, Full Screen, NTSC
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 179739
Theatrical Release Date: January 29, 1992



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Amazon.com:
The second of Eric Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons series is not the chilly story its title would imply. Felicie (Charlotte Véry) is a single mother with two lovers, neither of whom she feels much passion for--and Felicie knows passion. In the opening scene she frolics with youthful abandon with Charles (Frédéric van den Driessche), an American she falls head-over-heels for while on holiday. Through a careless mistake--she gives him the wrong address and doesn't have his--they never reconnect in spite of her best efforts, but his presence continues to permeate her life as she raises their child. The sunny warmth of carefree youth and the emotional ecstasy of the opening turn to the cool colors of winter as Felicie resigns herself to a life without her one true love. She tries to make the best of it by choosing one of her lovers but, in the best tradition of willful Rohmer women, she discovers she simply cannot settle for second best. Felicie is a delightfully contradictory character, lively under her somber front, headstrong and petulant, indecisive and flighty, dedicated to her search for true love. Véry invests Felicie with a spark that enlivens her even at her most exasperating, a spark that Rohmer finally allows to light up in his most emotionally magical conclusion since Summer. --Sean Axmaker



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Good effort by Rohmer, with happy (but improbable) ending
Tale of Winter is a good effort by Rohmer, though not his best by any means. Basically, the story ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - "Please make up your mind!"
"Tale of winter" ("Compte d'hiver") is part of Eric Rohmer's "Tales of the four seasons", and probably ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - One of Rohmer's best
Some may say it's too long (at just over 2 hours, it's long by Rohmer's standards), and those not familiar ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - minor Rohmer / major let-down
It was with great trepidation that i approched this movie, having seen and liked most of Eric Rohmer's work. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - To believe or not to believe.....
This story, set in a misty, rain-soaked Paris in mid-winter, is about Felicie
(Charlotte Very) an attractive ... Read More

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