The final installment in
Eric Rohmer's
Tales of the Four Seasons
quartet of films examines matchmaking among the middle-aged and romance
in the Rhone Valley. The target of the matchmakers is widowed vintner
Magali (
Béatrice Romand), alone at her vineyard after the departure of her grown children. Her best friend (
Marie Rivière) plots to pair her with a friendly businessman (
Alain Libolt), while her son's girlfriend (
Alexia Portal) schemes to introduce her to a high-school philosophy teacher.
Rohmer's
film was shown at the 1998 Venice Film Festival, the 1998 Telluride
Film Festival, the 1998 Toronto Film Festival, and the 1998 New York
Film Festival.
