Un coeur en hiver (1992)

Director:

Claude Sautet

Writers:

Claude Sautet (scenario and dialogue) &
Jacques Fieschi (scenario and dialogue) ...
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Release Date:

4 June 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Music

Plot:

Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins...

Plot Keywords:

Violin | Friend | Love | Girl | Loneliness

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 11 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Daniel Auteuil	...	Stéphane
Emmanuelle Béart	...	Camille
André Dussollier	...	Maxime
Élisabeth Bourgine	...	Hélène (as Elizabeth Bourgine)
Brigitte Catillon	...	Régine
Myriam Boyer	...	Mme. Amet
Jean-Claude Bouillaud
Stanislas Carré de Malberg	...	Brice
Dominique De Williencourt	...	Christophe
Jeffrey Grice
Luben Yordanoff
Nanou Garcia
François Domange
Van Doude
Jacques Villa
Galaxie Barbouth
Benoît Bellal
Pierre Cheremetieff
Severine Debels
Jean-Marie Fonbonne
János Lengyel Oguz		(as Oguz Janos Lengyel)
Anne Macina
Xavier Rothmann
Jean-Luc Bideau	...	Ostende
Maurice Garrel	...	Lachaume
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michele Hermet	...	Young Woman (uncredited)

Directed by
Claude Sautet

Writing credits
Claude Sautet		(scenario and dialogue) &
Jacques Fieschi		(scenario and dialogue)
Jérôme Tonnerre		(scenario collaborator)

Produced by
Philippe Carcassonne	....	producer
Jean-Louis Livi	....	producer

Cinematography by
Yves Angelo

Film Editing by
Jacqueline Thiédot

Casting by
Pascale Béraud
Christiane Lebrima
Lissa Pillu

Production Design by
Christian Marti

Set Decoration by
Frédérique Belvaux

Costume Design by
Corinne Jorry

Makeup Department
Daniel Mourgues	....	hair stylist
Thi-Loan Nguyen	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Francis Barrois	....	unit manager
Gérard Gaultier	....	production manager
Olivier Guespin	....	unit manager
Marc Rovere	....	unit manager
Marc Vadé	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Natalie Engelstein	....	assistant director
Nils Hoffet	....	assistant director
Frédéric Jardin	....	assistant director
Yvon Rouvé	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Marie-Thérèse Boiché	....	sound editor
Denis Carquin	....	assistant sound
Pierre Lenoir	....	sound
Jérôme Lévy	....	foley artist
Jean-Paul Loublier	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Yves Freess	....	best boy grip
Jean-Michel Gageat	....	electrician
Michel LeFrançois	....	electrician
Denis Moncel	....	electrician
Richard Vidal	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tess Hammami	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Christine Grenet	....	assistant editor
Dorian Rigal-Ansous	....	assistant editor
Daniel Vincent	....	color timer

Music Department
Keith Harvey	....	musician: cello
Jean-Jacques Kantorow	....	musician: violin
Philippe Sarde	....	musical director
Howard Shelley	....	musician: piano

Other crew
Geneviève Cortier	....	script supervisor
Pierre Dufour	....	location scout

Production Companies

• Film Par Film
• Cinéa
• Orly Films
• Sédif Productions
• Paravision International S.A.
• D.A. Films
• France 3 Cinéma
• Sofinergie 1 (as Le Soficas Sofinergie)
• Investimage 3 (as Le Soficas Sofinergie)
• Sofica Créations (as Le Soficas Sofinergie)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)

Distributors

• AFMD (1992) (France) (theatrical)
• Prokino Filmverleih (1993) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Stadtkino Verleih (1994) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Transmundo Films (1993) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Koch Lorber Films (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Musidora Films (Spain)
• October Films (1993) (USA) (subtitled)
• Transmundo Home Video (THV) (1994) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Christian Dior  costumes: for Daniel Auteuil
• Mairie de Paris  thanks
• Studio Guillaume Tell  music recording studio

Also Known As:

A Heart in Winter
A Heart of Stone

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Sweden:Btl | UK:12

Company:

Film Par Film

Trivia:

Emmanuelle Béart actually learned how to play the violin for the part.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Claude Sautet ou La magie invisible (2003)

A beautiful violinist obsessed with unrequited love...

This is a haunting film...in its visual beauty, in its performances and certainly in the sensitive direction of Claude Sautet. Auteuil and Beart are perfectly cast. It's a unique theme...in that a beautiful woman obsessed with a man cannot arouse any real passion or interest in him..because as the title implies, his heart is frozen. What I found particularly moving was how both Auteuil's portayal and the script itself made him, for me, a sympathetic figure...I felt I could understand him and feel his inner angst (for whatever psychological reason).

Beart too gave her characterization a depth and a reality that made me not only believe in her plight, but remember when I had some of those same feelings. The violin playing and exquisite music also added a lovely melancholy touch. For me, this was Sautet's masterpiece. Wish he were still with us to give the world more of his talent.