A Heart in Winter is a French film

French Film

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 which was released in 1992

1992 in film

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. It was directed by Claude Sautet

Claude Sautet

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, stars Emmanuelle Béart

Emmanuelle Béart

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, Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil

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 and André Dussollier

André Dussollier

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, and is distributed by Koch-Lorber Films

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.

Plot

The film is set in contemporary Paris and tells the story of three characters: Maxime (Dussollier), Stéphane (Auteuil) and Camille (Béart), caught in a love triangle. A violinist of rising fame, Camille begins a casual relationship with Maxime who owns a workshop which manufactures and repairs violins. When Camille arrives at the workshop to have her violin repaired, she is instantly attracted to the enigmatic and introverted Stephane, Maxime's partner and friend who seems to share the same attraction but is incapable of expressing any emotion. Convinced that she can break his cold exterior Camille becomes obsessed and soon all three of them are set on a tragic collision course.

Music

An important part of the film is the use of chamber music by Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel

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, played by Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Jean-Jacques Kantorow

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 (violin), Jacques Rouvier

Jacques Rouvier

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 (piano) and Philippe Muller

Philippe Muller

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 (cello). New Zealand musician Jeffrey Grice

Jeffrey Grice

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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 the same musicians who recorded them for the film. A fourth Ravel composition not excerpted in the film, Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure is on the soundtrack album.

External links

• A Heart in Winter Philosophical Films