Review: ‘A Tale of Winter’ is an Impeccable Romantic Drama
Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons come to a close… kind of
Well, here we are. Having made our way to (almost) the end of another year, we’re now feeling the cold wrap around us here in the Northern hemisphere to such a point that we longing look back to the days of Summer that we, then, took for granted and wished away — perhaps the better idea would have been to watch these films based on whichever season I most wanted it to be rather than which one it really was. Regardless, we’ve discussed quite a lot to arrive at this final point — A Tale of Spring was an enticing and sensual film with a relaxed, vibrant visual style and some of Rohmer’s deepest, most philosophical dialogue, A Summer’s Tale (my personal favourite… unless we have a new contender today?) was a brilliant, witty mixture of Summer nostalgia and sweetness next to brutal character studying that mocked the pretentions and lack of commitment issues found in most young men and, unfortunately, while I admired A Tale of Autumn’s Shakespearean style of romantic comedy, I found myself left in the dark with it past a certain point — its fun, gorgeous opening act made way for an overwhelmingly complicated plot that, to me, felt a little too dry.
