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Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons

Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons

4 Episodes

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 inevitable misunderstandings that shape human relationships probe the most complex of emotions with the utmost grace.

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Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons

4 Episodes

  • A Tale of Springtime
    1:47:32
    A Tale of Springtime
    Episode 1

    A Tale of Springtime

    Episode 1

    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
    1:54:35
    A Tale of Winter
    Episode 2

    A Tale of Winter

    Episode 2

    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. Five years after losing touch with Charles (Frédéric va...

  • A Tale of Summer
    1:54:35
    A Tale of Summer
    Episode 3

    A Tale of Summer

    Episode 3

    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.” Based on events from Rohmer’s youth, A TALE OF SUMMER follows amateur musician Gaspard (Melvil Po...

  • A Tale of Autumn
    1:51:51
    A Tale of Autumn
    Episode 4

    A Tale of Autumn

    Episode 4

    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. Set in the Rhône Vall...

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