The seasons may change, but the follies of the heart are constant in this ineffably lovely quartet of films by Eric Rohmer, one of cinema’s most perceptive chroniclers of the pangs and perils of romance. Set throughout France, Tales of the Four Seasons is a cycle to stand alongside the director’s two earlier acclaimed film series, Six Moral Tales and Comedies and Proverbs. By turns comic and melancholic, breezy and richly philosophical, these bittersweet tales of love, longing, and the inevitable misunderstandings that shape human relationships probe the most complex of emotions with the utmost grace.
FOUR-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restorations, supervised by cinematographer Diane Baratier and Laurent Schérer, director Eric Rohmer’s son, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
- New interview program recorded at Rohmer’s house in Tulle, France, featuring Baratier, producer Françoise Etchegaray, sound engineer Pascal Ribier, and editor Mary Stephen
- Excerpts of radio interviews with Rohmer conducted by film critics Michel Ciment and Serge Daney
- Documentary from 2005 on the making of A Tale of Summer, by Etchegaray and Jean-André Fieschi
- Two short films directed by Rohmer: A Farmer in Montfaucon (1968) and The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translations
- French audio
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Imogen Sara Smith
New cover by Polly Dedman