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
Directed byJackie Burroughs
Louise Clark
John Frizzell
John Walker
Aerlyn Weissman
Written byJackie Burroughs
John Frizzell
Maryse Holder (book)
Produced byDulce Kuri
Servando Gaja
StarringJackie Burroughs
Hernando Gonzáles
CinematographyJohn Walker
Edited byAllan Lee
Susan Martin
Music byAhmed F. Hassan
John Lang
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Distributed byCircle Films
Release date
  • 29 June 1989 (1989-06-29) (Australia)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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.

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Jackie 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]

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Awards

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Burroughs won the Genie Award for Best Actress.

References

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  1. ^ "A Winter Tan (1987) - Jackie Burroughs, Louise Clark, John Frizzell, Aerlyn Weissman, John B. Frizzell, Louise Caire Clark, John Walker | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
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