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Film Name: | Un Coeur en Hiver |
| Year: | released 2 spetember 1992 | |
| Also Known As: | "A Heart in Winter", "A Heart of
Stone" Un Corazon en Invierno |
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| Part Played | Camille | |
| Director | Claude Sautet | |
| Awards: | Two Ceasars 1992, Venice Silver Lion, British academy award 1993. | |
| Other info: | Distribution by AFMD Duration 1h 45 Also starring: Daniel Auteuil, Andre Dussollier. Music from the Sonates et Trio of Maurice Ravel. Domestic gross: $1,596,143 |
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| Synopsis: | This is a film about a love triangle
between two partners in the violin making business and Camille (Emmanuelle Beart), a
violinist. A complex emotional plot evolves from a simple idea. She goes out
with the partner in charge of business and custom. The other partner (Daniel
Auteuil) starts trying to make her like him as a bit of a game. Things get out of hand, and I won't spoil the best bit of the film, by telling you how. The films ending is neither a twist in the tail or an anti-climax, slightly surprising but not altogether a happy ending. The film has many dramatic moments which are aided by a superb selection of music by Ravel, which is played throughout. |
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| Review: | Un Coeur en Hiver, is probably one of her best films to date, I am not going to go into any plots but if you like films about love and tragedy, in the Shakespeare sense, held together with stunning imagery and superb acting by the entire cast then (don't watch mission impossible) watch this ASAP. This film won numerous awards and is considered by most books on world cinema to be classical French cinema at its peak. Try this film before the others, if it is the only French film you ever watch you will at least have some idea what French cinema is all about. Also Claude Sautet is one of the most highly respected French directors and likely to go down in the history books as such, this is possibly the greatest film he ever directed and its acclaim is well attested across the world. | |
| Rating: 10/10 | ||
| Reviewed by: Simon | ||