Before the Winter Chill (Avant l'hiver)
- 2013
- France / Luxembourg
- 1h 43min
- 15
- Directed by: Philippe Claudel
- Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Leïla Bekhti
- UK release: 9 May 2014
Lucie (Scott Thomas) is a bored, middle-class French housewife whose affluent surgeon husband Paul (Auteuil) seems to be being stalked by a young woman (Bekhti) who claims that he saved her life. Despite excellent performances and a convincing milieu, a bizarre and improbable twist in the plot undoes much of Claudel's careful work.
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Before the Winter Chill
21 Apr 2014
Kristin Scott Thomas in domestic drama which awkwardly meshes family crisis with thriller elements
Writer/director Philippe Claudel enjoyed a successful collaboration with Kristin Scott Thomas in I've Loved You So Long, and they re-team for this domestic drama, in which a family crisis is somewhat awkwardly meshed with thriller elements. Scott Thomas…
Before the Winter Chill
28 Feb 2014
Discordant drama/thriller from Philippe Claudel, Starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Daniel Auteuil
Writer/director Philippe Claudel enjoyed a successful collaboration with Kristin Scott Thomas in I've Loved You So Long, and they re-team for this domestic drama, in which a family crisis is somewhat awkwardly meshed with thriller elements. In an…
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