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Conte de printemps (1990)
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Eric Rohmer (writer)
Release Date:
4 April 1990 (France)
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Plot:
Simple conversations engender complicated human interactions. Jeanne is open and even-tempered, a philosophy teacher at a lycée...
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Cousin
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Piano
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Piano Player
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Philosopher
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Spring
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intellectually pleasing, but sometimes ponderous
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Anne Teyssèdre | ... | Jeanne |
| Hugues Quester | ... | Igor |
| Florence Darel | ... | Natacha |
| Eloïse Bennett | ... | Ève |
| Sophie Robin | ... | Gaëlle |
| Marc Lelou | ... | Gildas |
| François Lamore | ... | William |
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Also Known As:
A Tale of Springtime (USA)
Contes des quatre saisons: Conte de printemps
Tales of Four Seasons (USA)
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Contes des quatre saisons: Conte de printemps
Tales of Four Seasons (USA)
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108 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Shot in the spring of 1989.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Cinéma, de notre temps: Eric Rohmer - Preuves à l'appui" (1994)
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Soundtrack:
les Chants de l'aube
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To summarize, the film is basically about the beginning of a friendship between two women: a philosophy teacher and a younger pianist. The pianist wants to set up the philosopher with her father, who is already seeing someone else.
The resulting tensions play out at a summer cottage. The film is mostly dialog, and every feeling or impulse gets examined. Which makes sense, because of the bourgeois, self-involved bent of the characters.
I think the greatest point of action is when a dish gets nearly dropped (but it's saved and the characters then argue over who was to blame).
Although it has some pleasing insights, I wouldn't recommend the film to most people because it's simply too ponderous. Frankly it could use some comic relief. The fine country setting mitigates the over-intellectualizing somewhat, but Rohmer has made other films that are better.