A Tale of Summer
According to Rohmer, the third film of the “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 Poupard) to a seaside resort in Dinard, on the coast of Brittany. There three women (Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon, Aurelia Nolin) each offer the possibility of romance, but Gaspard’s inability to commit to just one places all of his chances at love in jeopardy. A TALE OF SUMMER features Rohmer’s wistful observations on indecisiveness and the fickle nature of desire, as brought to life by a talented young cast in a picturesque beach setting.
Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons
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. A TALE OF SUMMER was the third in the series, following both A TALE OF SPRINGTIME (1990) & A TALE OF WINTER (1992), and preceding A TALE OF AUTUMN (1998).
ONE SHOW ONLY • SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 @ 10:30AM
113 min
Rated NR
Aspect Ratio - Flat (1.37 : 1)
Distributor - Janus Films
in French with English subtitles