A Winter Tan is a 1987 Canadian drama film. Based on the book Give Sorrow Words by Maryse Holder, the film stars Jackie Burroughs as Holder.
A Winter Tan | |
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Directed by | Jackie Burroughs Louise Clark John Frizzell John Walker Aerlyn Weissman |
Written by | Jackie Burroughs John Frizzell Maryse Holder (book) |
Produced by | Dulce Kuri Servando Gaja |
Starring | Jackie Burroughs Hernando Gonzáles |
Cinematography | John Walker |
Edited by | Allan Lee Susan Martin |
Music by | Ahmed F. Hassan John Lang |
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Distributed by | Circle Films |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The screenplay was written by Burroughs and John Frizzell, and the film was directed and produced jointly by Burroughs, Frizzell, Louise Clark, John Walker and Aerlyn Weissman.
Plot summary
editJackie Burroughs stars as Maryse Holder, the ill-fated feminist author who met an untimely death in Acapulco. Her behavior toward Mexican men was to regard them as subjects for the pursuit of sexual and romantic adventure. Her own pursuits of sex, booze and love lead to her death at the hands of one of her many macho partners.[1]
Cast
edit- Jackie Burroughs as Maryse Holder
- Erando Gonzalez as Miguel Novaro
- Anita Olanick as Pam
- Diane D'Aquila as Edith
Awards
editBurroughs won the Genie Award for Best Actress.
References
editExternal links
edit- A Winter Tan at IMDb
- A Winter Tan at AllMovie