Search results
The seasons may change, but the follies of the heart are constant in this ineffably lovely quartet of films by Eric Rohmer, one of cinema’s most perceptive chroniclers of the pangs and perils of romance. Set throughout France, Tales of the Four Seasons is a cycle to stand alongside the director’s two earlier acclaimed film series, Six Moral Tales and Comedies and Proverbs. By turns comic and melancholic, breezy and richly philosophical, these bittersweet tales of love, longing, and the ...
- A Tale of Springtime. Directed by Eric Rohmer • 1990 • France. Starring Anne Teyssèdre, Hugues Quester, Florence Darel. In the first film of Tales of the Four Seasons, a burgeoning friendship between philosophy teacher Jeanne (Anne Teyssèdre) and pianist Natacha (Florence Darel) is strained by jealousy, suspicion, and ...
- A Tale of Winter. Directed by Eric Rohmer • 1992 • France. Starring Charlotte Véry, Frédéric van den Driessche, Michel Voletti. The second installment of Tales of the Four Seasons is among the most spiritual and emotional films of Eric Rohmer’s storied career.
- A Tale of Summer. Directed by Eric Rohmer • 1996 • France. Starring Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon. According to Eric Rohmer, the third film of Tales of the Four Seasons is his “most personal vehicle.”
- A Tale of Autumn. Directed by Eric Rohmer • 1998 • France. Starring Marie Rivière, Béatrice Romand, Alain Libolt. The concluding installment of the Tales of the Four Seasons tetralogy is a breezy take on the classic American romantic comedies that influenced Eric Rohmer and his New Wave peers.
The seasons may change, but the follies of the heart are constant in this ineffably lovely quartet of films by Eric Rohmer, one of cinema’s most perceptive chroniclers of the pangs and perils of romance. Set throughout France, Tales of the Four Seasons is a cycle to stand alongside the director’s two earlier acclaimed film series, Six Moral Tales and Comedies and Proverbs. By turns comic and melancholic, breezy and richly philosophical, these bittersweet tales of love, longing, and the ...
Apr 10, 2021 · Image courtesy of Janus Films Turns out, a new restoration of French New Wave trailblazer Eric Rohmer's four-part film series Tales of the Four Seasons, now streaming via virtual cinemas (including through Music Box Theatre and Music Box Direct) is not only a bucolic and contemplative journey into every type of relationship—romantic, platonic ...
A Tale of Springtime. In the first film of “Tales of the Four Seasons,” a burgeoning friendship between philosophy teacher Jeanne (Anne Teyssèdre) and pianist Natacha (Florence Darel) is strained by jealousy, suspicion, and intrigue. Natacha encourages Jeanne to pursue the former's father, Igor (Hugues Quester), in order to supplant Eve ...
Sep 8, 2023 · ABOUT THE SERIES: Springtime in Parisian suburbs, winter in Nevers, summer on Brittany beaches, autumn in the golden vineyards of the Rhône Valley, and a perpetual search for genuine human connection throughout. Éric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons rounds out a final cycle on philosophical love stories.
People also ask
Where is Tales of the four seasons set?
What is 'Tales of the four seasons' by Eric Rohmer about?
What is the story of four seasons?
Who are the 4 seasons?
Feb 13, 2024 · Tales of the Four Seasons was the third of his film cycles, and it creates a beautifully balanced synthesis between the earlier two. Six Moral Tales (1963–72) established his trademark philosophical approach to matters of the heart, and introduced his method of composing films as variations on a theme, an approach that is as much musical as literary.
