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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1990 DVD Release: 03/05/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Comedy of Manners

French filmmaker Eric Rohmer begins his Tales of the Four Seasons series with A Tale of Springtime. Parisian philosophy teacher Jeanne (Anne Teyssedre) is temporarily without a place to stay as her cousin occupies her own home and she refuses to stay in her boyfriend's messy apartment while he is away. A young pianist, Natasha (Florence Darel), offers the use of her house and she accepts. After the two become friends, it is apparent there is a rivalry between Natasha and her father Igor's girlfriend, Eve. As Natasha's father drifts away from Eve, Natasha unwittingly finds herself embroiled in the mess. A Winter's Tale is the following installment. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Anne Teyssedre - Jeanne
Hugues Quester - Igor
Florence Darel - Natasha
Eloise Bennett - Eve
Sophie Robin - Gaelle

This atmospheric comedy drama from filmmaker Eric Rohmer gets a simple but caring presentation for its North American DVD release. A Tale of Springtime has been transferred to disc in letterboxed format at the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.66:1. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono, and the dialogue is presented in the original French; optional subtitles in English, Spanish and French have also been included. As a bonus, the film's original theatrical trailer is appended to this edition. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide