A Summer’s Tale - 1996 - 7/10
AKA - Conte d'été
Third in Éric Rohmer’s four seasons quartet.
Shy college grad goes to the beach for a month, hoping to rendezvous with his “possible” girlfriend.
She is late. Very late. She does not write, does not phone.
While waiting, he meets two very different girls.
An impressive amount of conversation in this one.
When I grumbled no one can talk so much, I was quickly corrected.
“This was pre-texting era.” and “Oh yes we can, girls love asking questions!”
Nice looking, walkabout location scenery.
While the young man makes errors of youth, one wonders afterward if males actually learn from experiences, or resign themselves in future dealings with females.
