FRANCE · 1989

L’Enfant de l’hiver

Olivier Assayas
romantic entanglement infidelity obsessive love theatrical world emotional instability
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Feckless aspiring architect Stéphane leaves his pregnant girlfriend for theater designer Sabine; Sabine in turn vainly attempts to overcome her violent obsession with an actor in her theater company. A game of emotional chutes and ladders ensues.

Year1989
CountryFrance
DirectorOlivier Assayas
L’Enfant de l’hiver poster

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