Autumn Tale (Conte D’Automne)
BBB.5
(out of 5)
Charming little French farce from director Eric Rohmer, whose films can always be counted on to be breezy, light and so natural in feel and movement. In this poignant little piece, a woman living in the country is best friends with her Tunisian farmer neighbour and decides to end her friend’s loneliness by setting her up with a man she meets in a personal ad. The woman’s children also have their own storylines with their own romantic mixups as well, and like any good French film it all works itself out at a big party in a large country chateau. Nothing exhilarating, but an enjoyably frothy night at the movies all the same.
La Sept Cinema, Les Films du Losange, Rhone-Alpes Cinema, Sofadinko
Directed by Eric Rohmer
Screenplay by Eric Rohmer
Cinematography by Diane Baratier
Produced by Francoise Etchegaray
Music by Claude Marti, Gerard Pansanel, Pierre Peyras, Antonello Salis
Production Design by Claire Champion
Film Editing by Mary Stephen
Film Festivals: TIFF 1998, Venice 1998
Cast Tags:
National Society of Film Critics Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Venice Film Festival Award
Best Screenplay (Eric Rohmer)
