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A HEART IN WINTER (UN COEUR EN HIVER)

What You Need To Know:

Winner of the 1992 French Cesar for best direction, A HEART IN WINTER is a subtle and in many ways elegant study of an awkward romantic triangle. Although engrossing, provocative and restrained in language and sexual content, it lacks moral compass. It thus has little to offer in the way of role-modeling, or even as a cautionary tale, and ultimately, it paints an emotional canvas as barren as its title implies.

Content:

(H, L, S) 9 obscenities; sexual immorality implied; one character killed by euthanasia; and, a subtle & engrossing study of a romantic triangle, though lacking a moral compass.

More Detail:

Veteran director Claude Sautet won the 1992 Cesar (the French equivalent of an Academy Award) for directing A HEART IN WINTER, a subtle, elegant study of an awkward romantic triangle. In the film, Stephane builds and repairs violins for the most respected musicians in Europe. He is reserved, workmanlike, brilliant, and congenial. His partner, Maxime, is a more expansive, charming, but honest wheeler-dealer who brings in good business and avidly appreciates beautiful music. The smooth equilibrium between the two men comes to a grinding halt when Maxime, a married man with a family, announces that he is in love with Camille, a beautiful student violinist, who, as the story unfolds, really loves Stephane, but her love for him is never requited. The rest of the story turns on the increasingly awkward relationships between these three individuals. By the film’s end, all is still ambiguous, with nothing resolved.

A HEART IN WINTER is very intelligent filmmaking, and it is as restrained in its language and sexual content as its civilized characters. It will generate some interesting coffee-shop conversations (since not everyone comes away with the same conclusions about the ultimate meaning of what occurs). However, it has little to offer in the way of role-modeling, or even as a cautionary tale, and ultimately, it paints an emotional canvas as barren as its title implies.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

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