A Winter Tan

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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
Production
company
Distributed byCircle Films
Release date
29 June 1989 (Australia)
Running time
91 min.
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

A Winter Tan is a Canadian drama film, released in 1987. Based on the book Give Sorrow Words by Maryse Holder, the film stars Jackie Burroughs as Holder.

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.

Summary

In this docudrama, 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 and booze and love lead to her death at the hands of one of her many macho partners.[1]

Cast

Awards

Burroughs won the Genie Award for Best Actress.

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