Annette, 38, answers an ad from Paul, a farmer. She has only met him twice when she and her son Eric move in with him in the dead of winter. There Annette has to face Paul's hostile sister and her own past, which soon catches up with her.
Acting
Alice Taglioni's guarded warmth against hostile in-laws
Cinematography
Bleak winter landscapes that slowly feel like home
Director
Julie Lopes-Curval
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Julie Lopes-Curval specializes in women's interior lives; this adapts the rural French 'roman de terroir' tradition for modern female gaze.
Shot in actual winter in Corsica standing in for mainland France — cast genuinely froze for authenticity.
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