A Tale of Winter

A Tale of Winter

1992 · 114 min · FR · 7.1 (126 votes)
Dir. Éric Rohmer · Starring Charlotte Véry, Frédéric van den Driessche, Michel Voletti, Hervé Furic, Ava Loraschi, Christiane Desbois · Music Sébastien Erms
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Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.

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A quiet, contemplative film that captures the wistful ache of missed connections and lingering 'what ifs.' It feels like a crisp autumn walk through Paris, beautiful but tinged with a gentle melancholy.

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