A Summer's Tale (1996)

A Summer's Tale (1996) / Country: France / Director: Éric Rohmer / Duration: 113 min / Language: French / Subtitles: English / Entrance: FREE

The New Wave (French: La Nouvelle Vague) is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s. The movement was characterized by its rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions in favor of experimentation and a spirit of iconoclasm. New Wave filmmakers explored new approaches to editing, visual style, and narrative, as well as engagement with the social and political upheavals of the era, often making use of irony or exploring existential themes.

On Wednesday, 16 February 2022, at 19:00 we screen A Summer's Tale (1996), a French romance film directed by Éric Rohmer. It is the third film in his Contes des quatre saisons (Tales of the Four Seasons) series, which includes A Tale of Springtime (1990), Conte d'été, Autumn Tale (1998), and A Tale of Winter (1992). The plot is loosely based on Rohmer's experiences as a younger film student and his various relationships. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.

Éric Rohmer (1920 - 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the post-World War II French New Wave directors to become established. He edited the influential film journal Cahiers du cinéma from 1957 to 1963, while most of his colleagues—among them Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut—were making the transition from critics to filmmakers and gaining international attention. He gained international acclaim around 1969 when his film My Night at Maud's was nominated at the Academy Awards. He won the San Sebastián International Film Festival with Claire's Knee in 1971 and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for The Green Ray in 1986. Rohmer went on to receive the Venice Film Festival's Career Golden Lion in 2001.

All films will be screened in the French language with English subtitles and the entrance is free of charge. Kino ARMATA's public program is supported by Prishtina Municipality and Goethe Institut.