Winter's Child
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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.
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Cast
31 people
Clotilde de Bayser
Sabine, Stéphane's live-in-girlfriend
Known for
The Little Thief
Michel Feller
Stephane
Also in
La Philo selon Philippe
Highlander: The Series
Olivier Assayas
Paulo Branco
Luc Barnier
Marie Matheron
Natalia, Stéphane's ex-girlfriend
Known for
Come Undone
The Returned
Denis Lenoir
Jean-Claude Fleury
Gérard Blain
Stephane's father
Known for
The American Friend
The Mischief Makers
Anouk Grinberg
Stephane's sister
Known for
The Night of the 12th
The Innocent
Nathalie Richard
Leni
Known for
Young & Beautiful
Never Let Me Go
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Bruno, Natalia's ex-boyfriend
Known for
The Apartment
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Olivier Assayas Director · Jorge Arriagada Composer Denis Lenoir Cinematographer
United States release January 31, 1998 · Produced in France · Production G.P.F.I., Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
Gemini Films
Production
G.P.F.I.
Production
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
Investimage
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
L'Enfant de l'hiver
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Germany · February 15, 1989
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
France · June 14, 1989
Theatrical
United States · January 31, 1998
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Argentina
March 9, 2001 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Brazil
October 19, 2019 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
Canada
September 9, 1989 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Germany
October 26, 1989 · Theatrical · West Germany
Italy
June 1, 1992 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 23, 1990 · Limited theatrical · Amsterdam
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