Before the Winter Chill
Film - Spotlight Filmfest 2014

Before the Winter Chill

Directed by Philippe Claudel

Info

Director: Philippe Claudel
Section: Spotlight
Country: France, Luxembourg
Year: 2013
PT: Bevor der Winter kommt
OT: AVANT L'HIVER
Language: French
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Leïla Bekhti, Richard Berry
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

Before the Winter Chill

Paul has never questioned his choices. Married right out of med school to the stunning Lucie, who set aside her own career to accommodate his brilliant one as a brain surgeon, he has been faithful, has earned the respect of his peers, raised a son and built a lovely home. Life is good. But now, in the autumn of his life, something might threaten all that. It starts after a chance meeting with young and mysterious Lou who keeps turning up in his life. When roses are delivered daily at his office and home, Paul presumes Lou is stalking him, yet he can't resist the lure of an ambiguous and dangerous relationship with her. Fascinated by her emotional frailty, her mystery and grace, Paul fails to see that he might be the target of a sinister plot, something dark and twisted that could threaten everything he's achieved and everyone he loves.

Meet the director

Philippe Claudel

Credits

Screenplay: Philippe Claudel
Director of Photography: Denis Lenoir
Film Editor: Elisa Aboulker
Composer: André Dziezuk
Production Designer: Samuel Deshors
Sound: Pierre Lenoir
Producer: Yves Marmion
Production Company: Les Films du 24
Co-Producer: Romain Rojtman
World Sales: TF1 International
Distributor: Polyband Medien GmbH