Thursday Lates: Film Screening

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Join us for a screening of Eric Rohmer’s A Tale of Autumn (1998), in the third of our seasonal film nights for 2025.

A Tale of Autumn (1998, 111 minutes)

This entry in the Tales of the Four Seasons tetralogy is a breezy take on the classic American romantic comedies that influenced Eric Rohmer and his French New Wave peers. Set among the golden vineyards of the Rhône Valley, A Tale of Autumn concerns simultaneous schemes to find a new love for the reserved widow and winegrower Magali (Béatrice Romand). Her son’s girlfriend (Alexia Portal) attempts to pair her with a former professor and lover (Didier Sandre), while Magali’s friend Isabelle (Marie Rivière) assumes a false identity in order to lure eligible bachelor Gérald (Alain Libolt). The misunderstandings that follow are pure Rohmer in bringing out the humour in human folly.

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A young woman and man stand facing each other near rocky water’s edge, with boats floating in the background. Bathed in sunlight, this calm scene evokes A Tale of Springtime, as new connections bloom by the gentle shore.
A young man and woman sit on the sand at a beach, talking and facing each other, as if sharing their own A Tale of Springtime. Behind them are blue-and-white striped tents; the man is shirtless and the woman wears a red swimsuit under sunny skies.