A Tale of Springtime
In the first film of Tales of the Four Seasons, a burgeoning friendship between philosophy teacher Jeanne (Anne Teyssèdre) and pianist Natacha (Florence Darel) is strained by jealousy, suspicion, and intrigue. Natacha encourages Jeanne to pursue Igor (Hugues Quester), Natacha’s father, in order to supplant Ève (Eloïse Bennett), his young girlfriend, whom Natacha loathes. Natacha’s scheme, however, risks alienating those closest to her as well as entangling Jeanne in the very kind of romantic drama she has vowed to avoid. A Tale of Springtime finds Eric Rohmer in full command of his subtle visual storytelling as he contrasts the brightness of his characters’ Parisian and suburban surroundings with their conflicting desires, ideas, and temperaments.
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Collector's Set
Cast
- Anne Teyssèdre
- Jeanne
- Hugues Quester
- Igor
- Florence Darel
- Natacha
- Eloïse Bennett
- Eve
Credits
- Director
- Eric Rohmer
- Written by
- Eric Rohmer
- Producer
- Margaret Ménégoz
- Producer
- Les Films du Losange
- Production manager
- Françoise Etchegaray
- Cinematographer
- Luc Pagès
- Camera assistant
- Philippe Renaut
- Editor
- María Luisa García
- Assistant editor
- Françoise Combès
- Sound recordist
- Pascal Ribier
- Assistant sound recordist
- Ludovic Hénault
- Sound mixing
- Jean-Pierre Laforce
- Sound effects
- Gil Bast
- Sound effects
- Pascale Bastien-Coulon
