A Tale of Autumn

    A Tale of Autumn
    1998

    Synopsis

    Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.

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    Cast

    • Marie RivièreIsabelle
    • Béatrice RomandMagali
    • Alain LiboltGérald
    • Didier SandreÉtienne
    • Alexia PortalRosine
    • Aurélia AlcaïsÉmilia
    • Stéphane DarmonLéo
    • Matthieu DavetteGrégoire
    • Yves AlcaïsJean-Jacques

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Entertainment Weekly

      Rohmer treasures the undervalued glories of discourse and the intimacy of conversation over the obviousness of action or sexual display.
    • 100

      San Francisco Chronicle

      They talk and talk, and somehow it's delightful.
    • 90

      Los Angeles Times

      Droll and delicious.
    • 80

      Newsweek

      Will be remembered as a vintage Rohmer harvest.
    • 80

      The New York Times

      As sublimely warming an experience as the autumn sun that shines benevolently on the vineyard owned by the film's central character.
    • 75

      New York Daily News

      One of Rohmer's more engaging slices of life. The acting is impeccable.
    • 75

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      An almost documentary reality and voyeuristic appeal.
    • 75

      Baltimore Sun

      It's the talk...and the extraordinarily expressive faces of those who do the talking, that accounts for its engrossing, enchanting powers.

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