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A Tale of Winter
Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.
More about A Tale of Winter
Cast
Charlotte VéryFélicie
Frédéric van den DriesscheCharles
Michel VolettiMaxence
Hervé FuricLoïc
Ava LoraschiElise
Christiane DesboisMother
RosetteSister
Jean-Luc RevolBrother-in-LawCredits
- Directed by
- Éric Rohmer
- Written by
- Éric Rohmer
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Conte d'hiver
- Box office
- $213.7K
Production
Les Films du LosangeFrance
