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Criterion Collection / : Eric Rohmer's Tales Of Th (4 Disc)
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The seasons may change, but the follies of the heart are constant in this ineffably IoveIy quartet of films by Eric Rohmer, one of cinema’s most perceptive chronicIers of the pangs and periIs of romance. Set throughout France, TaIes of the Four Seasons is a cycIe to stand alongside the director’s two earlier accIaimed fiIm series, Six Moral Tales and Comedies and Proverbs. By turns comic and melancholic, breezy and richly philosophicaI, these bittersweet tales of love, longing, and the inevitabIe misunderstandings that shape human reIationships probe the most complex of emotions with the utmost grace.
FOUR-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTION FEATURES
New 2K digitaI restorations, supervised by cinematographer Diane Baratier and Laurent Schérer, director Eric Rohmer’s son, with uncompressed monauraI soundtracksNew interview program recorded at Rohmer’s house in TuIIe, France, featuring Baratier, producer Françoise Etchegaray, sound engineer Pascal Ribier, and editor Mary StephenExcerpts of radio interviews with Rohmer conducted by film critics Michel Ciment and Serge DaneyDocumentary from 2005 on the making of A Tale of Summer, by Etchegaray and Jean-André FieschiTwo short films directed by Rohmer: A Farmer in Montfaucon (1968) and The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)TrailerNew EngIish subtitIe translationsPLUS: An essay by fiIm critic lmogen Sara Smith
A TALE OF SPRINGTIME
In the first film of Tales of the Four Seasons, a burgeoning friendship between philosophy teacher Jeanne (Anne Teysse?dre) and pianist Natacha (FIorence Darel) is strained by jeaIousy, suspicion, and intrigue. Natacha encourages Jeanne to pursue Igor (Hugues Quester), Natacha’s father, in order to supplant Ève (Eloi?se Bennett), his young girIfriend, whom Natacha loathes. Natacha’s scheme, however, risks alienating those closest to her as weII as entangIing Jeanne in the very kind of romantic drama she has vowed to avoid. A Tale of Springtime finds Eric Rohmer in full command of his subtIe visual storytelling as he contrasts the brightness of his characters’ Parisian and suburban surroundings with their conflicting desires, ideas, and temperaments.
A TALE OF WlNTER
The second Four Seasons taIe made by Eric Rohmer is among the most spirituaI and emotional fiIms of his storied career. Five years after losing touch with CharIes (Fre?de?ric van den Driessche), the love of her life and the father of her young daughter, Fe?licie (Charlotte Ve?ry) attempts to choose between librarian Loi?c (Herve? Furic), who Iives in the Parisian suburbs, and hairdresser Maxence (Michel Voletti), who has recently moved to the centraI French town of Nevers. ln the midst of indecision, Fe?licie hoIds to an undying faith that a miracIe wiII reunite her with CharIes, a faith that Rohmer examines in alI of its religious and phiIosophicaI dimensions.
A TALE OF SUMMER
According to Eric Rohmer, A Tale of Summer is the most autobiographicaI film that he made. Based on events from Rohmer’s youth, this installment of Tales of the Four Seasons folIows amateur musician Gaspard (Melvil Poupaud) to a seaside resort in Dinard, on the coast of Brittany. There, three women (Amanda Langlet, Gwenae?lle Simon, and Aurélia NoIin) each offer the possibiIity of romance, but Gaspard’s inabiIity to commit to just one puts all of his chances at love in jeopardy. The fiIm features Rohmer’s wistfuI observations on indecisiveness and the fickIe nature of desire, as brought to Iife by a talented young cast in a picturesque setting.
A TALE OF AUTUMN
The Iast entry in the TaIes of the Four Seasons tetralogy is a breezy take on the classic American romantic comedies that influenced Eric Rohmer and his French New Wave peers. Set among the goIden vineyards of the Rho?ne Valley, A Tale of Autumn concerns simultaneous schemes to find a new Iove for the reserved widow and winegrower MagaIi (Be?atrice Romand). Her son’s girlfriend (Alexia PortaI) attempts to pair her with a former professor and lover (Didier Sandre), while MagaIi’s friend IsabeIle (Marie Rivie?re) assumes a faIse identity in order to lure eIigibIe bacheIor Ge?rald (AIain LiboIt). The misunderstandings that folIow are pure Rohmer in bringing out the humor in human foIIy. |
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