''A Heart in Winter'' (french: Un cœur en hiver) is a French film which was released in

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

. It stars Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil and André Dussollier. It was chosen to compete at the

49th Venice International Film Festival The 49th annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 to 12 September 1992. Jury The following people comprised the 1992 jury: *Dennis Hopper (head of jury) *Jirí Menzel (head of jury) *Gianni Amelio *Anne Broch ...

, where it won four awards, including tying for the Silver Lion. It was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 1994 BAFTA awards. The romantic drama was the second-to-last film made by French writer/director Claude Sautet. He would work with Béart again on his final feature, 1995's ''

Nelly and Mr. Arnaud ''Nelly and Mr. Arnaud'' (french: Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud) is a 1995 French film directed by Claude Sautet and starring Michel Serrault, Emmanuelle Béart and Jean-Hugues Anglade. It won the César Award for Best Director and Best Actor for Mich ...

'' (original title ''Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud'').

Plot

Highly regarded violin restorer Stéphane (Daniel Auteuil) works and plays squash with his longtime business partner Maxime (André Dussollier). After Maxime, who is married, begins romancing concert violinist Camille (Béart), Stéphane is called in to do some urgent repairs on Camille's violin. Camille begins to fall for Stéphane, and reveals the truth to Maxime. Stéphane's cool reaction causes confusion for Camille, and she lashes out at him for denying his feelings.

Cast

* Emmanuelle Béart – Camille * Daniel Auteuil – Stéphane * André Dussollier – Maxime * Élizabeth Bourgine – Hélène *

Brigitte Catillon Brigitte Catillon (born 20 July 1951) is a French actress and screenwriter. She was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 for ''A Heart in Winter'' directed by Claude Sautet. She was also nominated for the Molière ...

– Regine *

Myriam Boyer Myriam Boyer (born 23 May 1948) is a French actress. She appeared in more than eighty films and television shows since 1970. At the age of 18, she married with whom she had a son, Clovis Cornillac. From 1975 until his death in 1999 she was marri ...

– Mme. Amet *

Maurice Garrel Maurice Garrel (24 February 1923 – 4 June 2011) was a French film actor. Garrel was born in Saint-Servais, Isère. He appeared in over a hundred films and was nominated twice for a César Award for best supporting actor: in 1991 for ''La ...

– Lachaume * Jean-Luc Bideau – Ostende

Music

The film features a number of performances of chamber music composed by

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

, played by Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin),

Howard Shelley Howard Gordon Shelley (born 9 March 1950) is a British pianist and conductor. He was educated at Highgate School and the Royal College of Music. He was married to fellow pianist Hilary Macnamara (her death), with whom he has performed and reco ...

(piano) and Keith Harvey (cello). New Zealand musician Jeffrey Grice appears in the film in the role of the pianist. The film contains only excerpts of Ravel compositions, but the soundtrack album includes them in their entirety, performed by Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin), Philippe Muller (cello) and Jacques Rouvier (piano). A fourth Ravel composition not excerpted in the film, ''Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure'', is on the soundtrack album. The film helped further popularise especially Ravel's Piano Trio. The track listing: # Trio Pour Piano, Violon Et Violoncelle #* i. Premier Mouvement #* ii. Pantoum #* iii. Passacaille #* iv. Final # Sonata Pour Violon Et Violoncelle #* i. Allegro #* ii. Très Vif #* iii. Vif, Avec Entrain # Sonate Pour Violon Et Piano #* i. Premier Mouvement #* ii. Blues #* iii. Perpetuum Mobile # Berceuse Sur Le Nom De Gabriel Fauré Actor Emmanuelle Béart practised violin for at least a year before the film began shooting, so that she could convincingly mime the performance sequences.

Production notes

Béart and Auteuil were in a real-life relationship and married during the making of this film. Claude Sautet based it on his memories of reading Russian Mikhail Lermontov's "Princess Mary". The film is distributed by

Koch-Lorber Films Entertainment One Ltd., trading as eOne, is an American-owned Canadian multinational entertainment company. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the company is primarily involved in the acquisition, distribution, and production of films and television se ...

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 85% based on reviews from 13 critics.

Roger Ebert Roger Joseph Ebert (; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert beca ...

of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3.5 out of 4, and wrote: "Un Coeur en Hiver, directed by Claude Sautet, has the intensity and delicacy of a great short story."

References

External links

* *
''A Heart in Winter''
Philosophical Films {{DEFAULTSORT:Heart In Winter, A 1992 films 1992 romantic drama films French romantic drama films 1990s French-language films Films about violins and violinists Films about classical music and musicians 1990s buddy films Films directed by Claude Sautet Films whose director won the Best Director César Award Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor César Award-winning performance 1990s French films