1992·Drama·1h 54m
7.2
★
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.
Directed by Éric Rohmer
paris, france
single parent
chance
extramarital affair
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Cast
Charlotte Véry
Félicie
Frédéric van den Driessche
Charles
Michel Voletti
Maxence
Hervé Furic
Loïc
Ava Loraschi
Elise
Christiane Desbois
Mother
Rosette
Sister
Jean-Luc Revol
Brother-in-Law
Jean-Claude Biette
Quentin
Marie Rivière
Dora
Roger Dumas
Léontès
Danièle Lebrun
Paulina
Crew
Éric Rohmer
Director
Éric Rohmer
Screenplay
Sébastien Erms
Original Music Composer
Mary Stephen
Editor
Margaret Ménégoz
Producer
Jean-Luc Revol
Assistant Production Manager
Popular Reviews
157 reviews
Achref Riahi
7.0★ · 07/05/26
A Tale of Winter is one of Rohmer’s gentlest films, yet also one of his boldest.
It asks for faith, not only in love, but in the possibility that life can sometimes reward hope without betraying reality.
What could have felt naïve instead becomes deeply moving, simply because Rohmer treats his characters with complete sincerity.
A quiet reminder that coincidence and belief aren’t always enemies.
It asks for faith, not only in love, but in the possibility that life can sometimes reward hope without betraying reality.
What could have felt naïve instead becomes deeply moving, simply because Rohmer treats his characters with complete sincerity.
A quiet reminder that coincidence and belief aren’t always enemies.
A Tale of Winter is one of Rohmer’s gentlest films, yet also one of his boldest.
It asks for faith, not only in love, but in the possibility that life can sometimes reward hope without betraying reality.
What could have felt naïve instead becomes deeply moving, simply because Rohmer treats his characters with complete sincerity.
A quiet reminder that coincidence and belief aren’t always enemies.
It asks for faith, not only in love, but in the possibility that life can sometimes reward hope without betraying reality.
What could have felt naïve instead becomes deeply moving, simply because Rohmer treats his characters with complete sincerity.
A quiet reminder that coincidence and belief aren’t always enemies.
Genti Pireva
6.0★ · 04/06/26
solid movie veq aktort mperngjajshin shum me njerz tvertet
solid movie veq aktort mperngjajshin shum me njerz tvertet
Bones1905
10.0★ · 03/22/26
“True love will find you in the end”
-Daniel Johnston
-Daniel Johnston
“True love will find you in the end”
-Daniel Johnston
-Daniel Johnston
Vesta
8.0★ · 02/27/26
my third Rohmer after Pauline at the Beach and A Tale of Springtime and the streak continues. the philosophical conversations are what I keep coming back to with him, there's a scene near the end where Félicie and Loïc are returning from a production of The Winter's Tale and fall into this exchange about faith versus reason, prompted by her being moved to tears by the play. Félicie sees the impossible reunion on stage as vindication of her own irrational conviction, and as someone who tends to reason through everything, I found that genuinely interesting to sit with. Charlotte Véry is great in the lead and Rohmer is unusually sympathetic towards a woman who could easily be written off as flighty, her faith in something most people around her find absurd is treated with real sincerity. my only reservation is the resolution, which wraps things up a little too neatly for a film that spent so long dwelling in uncertainty. but a quiet and absorbing watch regardless.
my third Rohmer after Pauline at the Beach and A Tale of Springtime and the streak continues. the philosophical conversations are what I keep coming back to with him, there's a scene near the end where Félicie and Loïc are returning from a production of The Winter's Tale and fall into this exchange about faith versus reason, prompted by her being moved to tears by the play. Félicie sees the impossible reunion on stage as vindication of her own irrational conviction, and as someone who tends to reason through everything, I found that genuinely interesting to sit with. Charlotte Véry is great in the lead and Rohmer is unusually sympathetic towards a woman who could easily be written off as flighty, her faith in something most people around her find absurd is treated with real sincerity. my only reservation is the resolution, which wraps things up a little too neatly for a film that spent so long dwelling in uncertainty. but a quiet and absorbing watch regardless.
shiv
8.0★ · 02/14/26
eleventh log of frenchbruary
moving into winter’s tale, i met félicie, who once in relationship with charles before they were separated. a simple mistake turned into years of silence. still, félicie held on to hope all that time, even as she became involved with two other men.
this one feels more dialogue-heavy and slower than summer and spring, and probably the most romantic so far. félicie is a true hopeless romantic, sustained almost entirely by faith, the belief that she’ll meet charles again someday. she’s painfully honest about this longing, even with the men in her life. though i’ll admit, it frustrated me how she seems to toy with their feelings. still, maybe hope is the only thing that keeps us going. there’s something undeniably beautiful about that.
moving into winter’s tale, i met félicie, who once in relationship with charles before they were separated. a simple mistake turned into years of silence. still, félicie held on to hope all that time, even as she became involved with two other men.
this one feels more dialogue-heavy and slower than summer and spring, and probably the most romantic so far. félicie is a true hopeless romantic, sustained almost entirely by faith, the belief that she’ll meet charles again someday. she’s painfully honest about this longing, even with the men in her life. though i’ll admit, it frustrated me how she seems to toy with their feelings. still, maybe hope is the only thing that keeps us going. there’s something undeniably beautiful about that.
eleventh log of frenchbruary
moving into winter’s tale, i met félicie, who once in relationship with charles before they were separated. a simple mistake turned into years of silence. still, félicie held on to hope all that time, even as she became involved with two other men.
this one feels more dialogue-heavy and slower than summer and spring, and probably the most romantic so far. félicie is a true hopeless romantic, sustained almost entirely by faith, the belief that she’ll meet charles again someday. she’s painfully honest about this longing, even with the men in her life. though i’ll admit, it frustrated me how she seems to toy with their feelings. still, maybe hope is the only thing that keeps us going. there’s something undeniably beautiful about that.
moving into winter’s tale, i met félicie, who once in relationship with charles before they were separated. a simple mistake turned into years of silence. still, félicie held on to hope all that time, even as she became involved with two other men.
this one feels more dialogue-heavy and slower than summer and spring, and probably the most romantic so far. félicie is a true hopeless romantic, sustained almost entirely by faith, the belief that she’ll meet charles again someday. she’s painfully honest about this longing, even with the men in her life. though i’ll admit, it frustrated me how she seems to toy with their feelings. still, maybe hope is the only thing that keeps us going. there’s something undeniably beautiful about that.