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A Winter Tale (2007)

A Winter Tale poster
Directed by
Frances-Anne Solomon
Genre
drama
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family deals with a secret from the past that forces them to confront long buried feelings. It is set in a small Canadian community and looks at relationships between generations.

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What happens

A Winter Tale is a 2007 Canadian drama film written, directed and produced by Frances-Anne Solomon, featuring Canadian actor Peter Williams and Caribbean stars Leonie Forbes and Dennis "Sprangalang" Hall. It premiered at the ReelWorld Film Festival where it won Solomon the Outstanding Canadian Feature Film Award, as well as Special Mention in the Outstanding Screenplay category. It subsequently screened at the Montreal World Film Festival, Atlantic Film Festival, Bite The Mango Film Festival (Closing Night), Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival (Opening Night, Best Feature Award) & The New York African Diaspora Film Festival (U.S. Premiere - Opening Night). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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