A Winters Tale (Rohmer, 1992)

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Hairdresser Felicie has a passionate affair with Charles while on holiday. Four years on and now unable to choose between two new suitors, she clings to the memory. Rohmer again looks between his characters' words at the reasons which Reason cannot comprehend.

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Interview with Eric Rohmer; Trailer; Filmography.

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Review by Andrew Hoellering on 5th April 2006

Contes des Quatre Saisons
Eric Rohmer wrote of Bazin’s classic, Qu’est-ce que le cinema, “these pages, each relating to an individual case, are nevertheless part of the unfolding of a methodical plan which is now revealed to us”.One might say the same of his own Contes des Quatre Saisons.

How do his four tales complement one another.? The seasonal setting of each film is important to the story it tells. Springtime is innocence, as Jeanne is invited home to meet her friend’s father. Summer is plenty, as young Gaspard has to choose between his three graces. For Felicie, Winter is compounded of both passionate memory and miraculous rebirth. Finally, the shadows of Autumn lengthen with age into a search for relationships that once came as easily and inevitably as the Spring.

What is the special quality of a Rohmer film? It moves as slowly as a fisherman’s float, so that one isn’t aware of being drawn in. It accords words and images equal importance. It is a fascinated – and fascinating – study of the minutiae of life and relationships. Finally, each asserts its claim to be considered separately as a work of art. One example – part of A Winter’s Tale is an extract from Shakespeare’s play of the same name. The film works in its own right, but also triggers recall, not just of the scene, but of the final impact of Shakespeare’s great play. Modern and classical merge and the effect of such parallelism as is both timeless and unforgettable.

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Article - "Eric Rohmer" by Nick Dawson
Wednesday 1st October 2003

Born Jean-Marie Maurice Schérer in 1920, in Nancy in Eastern France, Eric Rohmer became an acadamic and film critic in the 1950s, starting La Gazette du Cinema early in the decade with Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, and Jacques Rivette, as well as writing a book...  View article in full

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This film is part of the following Film Collections

Best Christmas Films

Including: A Christmas Carol (1984), A Christmas Carol - The Musical, A Winters Tale (Rohmer, 1992), Bad Santa, Black Christmas (1974), Blackadders Christmas Carol, Christmas Carol - The Movie (Animated), Christmas Holiday, Gremlins, Holiday (1938).

Shakespeare - The Complete Film Works

Including: 10 Things I Hate About You, A Midsummer Nights Dream (BBC, 1981), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Noble, 1996), A Winters Tale (BBC, 1981), A Winters Tale (Rohmer, 1992), Alls Well That Ends Well (BBC), Animated Shakespeare Act 1 (The Taming of the Shrew & Macbeth), Animated Shakespeare Act 2 (Julius Caesar & Twelfth Night), Animated Shakespeare Act 3 (Hamlet & The Tempest), Animated Shakespeare Act 4 ( A Midsummer Nights Dream & Richard III).

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