[A Tale of Summer]
Rohmer | 1996 | France

2nd watch. 2026 begins with me continuing my quest to re-watch Rohmer’s Four Seasons cycle in line with the “real life” seasons. This might just be the walkiest and talkiest of all the walk and talk stories out there (a compliment). Dinard, St Malo, and St Lunaire provide stunning backdrops for said walking and talking – one can almost convince oneself they are themselves on holiday. I appreciated the foibles of our hero, Gaspard, a lot more this time around. A deceptively simple plot plays almost as an essay on indecision and self delusion, rendering the resolution, as it were, hilarious for its appropriateness.