Autumn Tale (Conte d'Automne) (1998)
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94% of critics liked it
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82% of users liked it
(562 ratings)
The final installment in Eric Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons quartet of films examines matchmaking among the middle-aged and romance in the Rhone Valley. The target of the matchmakers is widowed vintner Magali (Béatrice Romand), alone at her vineyard after the departure of her grown… More The final installment in Eric Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons quartet of films examines matchmaking among the middle-aged and romance in the Rhone Valley. The target of the matchmakers is widowed vintner Magali (Béatrice Romand), alone at her vineyard after the departure of her grown children. Her best friend (Marie Rivière) plots to pair her with a friendly businessman (Alain Libolt), while her son's girlfriend (Alexia Portal) schemes to introduce her to a high-school philosophy teacher. Rohmer's film was shown at the 1998 Venice Film Festival, the 1998 Telluride Film Festival, the 1998 Toronto Film Festival, and the 1998 New York Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Eric Rohmer
- Written By
- Eric Rohmer
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jul 23, 1999 Wide
- On DVD
- Feb 22, 2000
- Studio
- October Films
Critic Reviews
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Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
The film is delightfully unpredictable, warm, nuanced. It's civilized entertainment.
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Though you wouldn't know it from Hollywood's kids 'r us obsessions, directors actually can improve as they advance in age.
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Peter Rainer, New York Magazine
There's a form of poetic justice in all this, and it gives the film, otherwise straitlaced, its jagged wit: Women on the lookout for love may be fools, but they make sure to turn the men who romance them into even bigger ones.
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J. Hoberman, Village Voice
The he-said, she-said shenanigans suggest that high school may be eternal but autumn has its wisdom. In the last scene, the 78-year-old filmmaker brings his favorite conspirator back for a last dance -- it's a vintage performance that invites applause.
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Doris Toumarkine, Film Journal International
The goings-on come across as a bit too lightweight.
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Cast
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Marie Rivière
as Isabelle
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Béatrice Romand
as Magali
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Alain Libolt
as Gerald
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Didier Sandre
as Etienne
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Alexia Portal
as Rosine
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Stephane Darmon
as Léo Magali's son, Léo Magali's son, Lo...
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Aurélia Alcaïs
as Emilia Isabelle's daughter
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Mathieu Davette
as Grégoire, Grégoire, Grgoire
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Yves Alcais
as Jean-Jacques
