A Tale of Springtime

Starring:Anne TeyssÃ¨dre, Hugues Quester, Florence Darel, EloÃ¯se Bennett, Sophie Robin, Marc Lelou, FranÃ§ois Lamore
Director: Eric Rohmer
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

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I don't regret watching this film...
A wonderfully entertaining French flick!

A Tale of Springtime
Starring: Anne Teyssèdre , Hugues Quester , Florence Darel , Eloïse Bennett , and Sophie Robin
Director: Eric Rohmer
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00005UJY6
Release Date: 2002-03-05

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OscarÂ(r)-nominated* writer/director Eric Rohmer (Pauline at the Beach) delivers this 'splendid, engaging, delightful revelation (The Village View) that sparkles with humor andsizzles with romance. Heightened by the splendor of the French countryside, A Tale of Springtime is radiantly alive, blissfully awareand among the most beautiful and enlightening [films] in world cinema (Los Angeles Times)! The well-ordered life of Jeanne, a high school philosophy teacher, suddenly spins into disorder when a young stranger she meets at a party involvesher in a devilish scheme. Natacha, an adolescent pianist with a penchant for subtly playing her elders, invites Jeanne to her father's home...hoping to make a match of the two and send her father's current lover, Eve, packing. But when the tempestuous Eve arrives at every chance meeting between Jeanne and Natacha's father, fireworks of an entirely different sort erupt, and everyone is forced toexamine his or her own philosophies on love, relationships and other sordid affairs of the human heart. *1970: Story and Original Screenplay, My Night at Maud's

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I don't regret watching this film..........2006-06-14

"A tale of Springtime" is part of Eric Rohmer's "Tales of the four seasons". It is an interesting film, but it is far from being excellent, at least in my opinion.

The plot is not complicated. A philosophy teacher, Jeanne (Anne Teyssèdre), finds herself temporarily without a place to live, due to the fact that she has lent her apartment to a cousin, and also because she has no intention whatsoever of living in her boyfriend's house while he is on holidays. Fortunately, Jeanne meets Natacha (Florence Darel), a young woman that invites Jeanne to her home, arguing that it is a perfect solution for both, because she doesn't like to be alone. Truth to be told, Natacha shares her house with her father Igor (Hugues Quester), but he is almost never there, preferring to be with his young girlfriend, Eve (Eloïse Bennett).

Not much happens during this film, apart from the fact that Natacha constantly tries to connect Jeanne with her father. All the same, I think you will enjoy the long conversations between the characters, and the beautiful countryside scenery. Is that enough to recommend "A tale of springtime"? I sincerely don't know, but I can say that I don't regret watching this film.

Belen Alcat

PS: By the way, my favorite film in "The tales of the four seasons" series is "A tale of winter".

A wonderfully entertaining French flick!.......2005-03-29

Let me start by saying that if you don't like French films where there is no action and it's mostly just dialogue amongst the leads in a few different indoor/outdoor settings, then don't look here. However, if you find Eric Rohmer films, and French films that are very "talky" engaging, then this is one of the better ones.

The leads in this films all give wonderful performances and while I don't like every Rohmer film, I liked this one a lot. Even though it is all talking throughout, the conversations and script kept me intrigued and I found the movie flew buy in a good way (normally talky pictures seem to drag on and on).

The plot is basically a beautiful 18-year-old French girl (the redhead on the DVD cover) meets a late 20's/early 30's girl at a party where they are both bored and become friends. The 18-year-old despises her late 30's/early 40's father's girlfriend and believes that if she puts her new friend togther with her dad, he will fall for her and forget his fiancee. That's basically it, but the characters keep you focused and quite interested in their simple interactions.

The settings are plain, but rather nice-looking French decor. Even though it's a late 80's film, I didn't see much in it to make you think you were in that time frame. A film that looks very fresh today. Also, the MGM-World Films line does a much better job of the transfer than the rest of Rohmer's films, which are done by the folks at Fox/Lorber. The picture quality is far superior and you can change and remove the subtitles (unlike the Lorber films which are burned in).

A Tale of Springtime / Conte de printemps / Vesennyaya Skazka by Eric Rohmer

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A Tale of Springtime / Conte de printemps / Vesennyaya Skazka by Eric Rohmer
Director: Eric Rohmer
Manufacturer: Karmen Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Product Description

Kujester JUg ("Tri cveta: Sinij"), Florens Djeril (" Graf Monte - Kristo: CHast' 1"), Ann Tejseder v romanticheskoj komedii JErika Romero "Vesennjaja skazka". ZHanna prepodaet filosofiju v licee. Ee drug v ot#ezde. I hotja u nee est' kljuchi ot dvuh kvartir (svoej i ljubovnika), ona ne hochet vozvrawat'sja ni v odnu iz nih. Tem vremenem poznakomivshajasja s nej na vecherinke studentka Natasha vovse ne protiv kompanii i predlagaet ZHanne perenochevat' vdvoem v parizhskih apartamentah ee otca - poskol'ku Igor' (tak ego zovut) byvaet, deskat', v nih krajne redko. K tomu zhe, zhenwiny chuvstvujut drug k drugu strannuju simpatiju. Spustja ewe neskol'ko dnej oni stanovjatsja nerazluchny. No vskore vyjasnjaetsja, chto odna iz prichin sblizhenija - stremlenie Natashi zamenit' nyneshnjuju ljubovnicu svoego otca... na ZHannu.

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