One Long Winter Without Fire

One Long Winter Without Fire (2005)

Tout un hiver sans feu

Six months after losing their five years old daughter in a fire in the barn of their little farm, Jean and his wife Laure are facing troubles in their relationship and financial problems. Laure grieves the loss of their daughter and blames herself for her absence and Jean for his negligence for the fire; Jean is trying to rise from the ashes and somehow rebuild his life; and the insurance company refuses to pay the prize for the accident. Jean asks for a job in a mill to a friend to make money and support the psychiatric treatment of Laure. In his new job, he meets and becomes friend of the Kosovo refugee's siblings Kastriot and Labinota, while the Laure's sister Valérie separates them. Jean feels the passion of love and sense of life in his relationship with Labinota, who had her life destroyed with the war.

Date of release
2005-01-19
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Drama
Director
Greg Zglinski

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

One Long Winter Without Fire is a 2004 Swiss-Polish drama film directed by Greg Zgliński and written by Pierre-Pascal Rossi. Set in the Swiss Jura, it won awards including two at the 2004 Venice Film Festival and the 2005 Swiss Film Award for Best Fiction Film. It was also selected as Switzerland’s submission for the 78th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

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