A Tale of Winter

Jan 29, 1992

1h 54m

★ 7.1

Overview

Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Les Films du Losange

A Tale of Winter Trailers

Cast

Félicie

Charlotte Véry

Charles

Frédéric van den Driessche

Maxence

Michel Voletti

Loïc

Hervé Furic

Elise

Ava Loraschi

Mother

Christiane Desbois

Sister

Rosette

Brother-in-Law

Jean-Luc Revol

Edwige

Haydée Caillot

Quentin

Jean-Claude Biette

Dora

Marie Rivière

Client

Claudine Paringaux

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