A Winter Tan

– Jackie Burroughs stars as Maryse Holder, the ill-fated feminist author who met an untimely death in ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 31 Minutes
Release Year:
1987
A Winter Tan (1987)

Jackie Burroughs stars as Maryse Holder, the ill-fated feminist author who met an untimely death in Acapulco. Her attitude of cultural and racial condescension toward Mexican men was to regard them as nothing more than beasts of burden for her own sexual pleasure, and her hedonistic pursuits of sex and drugs led to her death at the hands of one of her many boytoys.

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Release Date:

01 Sep 1988

Language:

English

Director:

Jackie Burroughs, Louise Clark, John Frizzell, John Walker, Aerlyn Weissman

Writer:

Jackie Burroughs, John Frizzell, Maryse Holder (book)

Main Actors:

Jackie Burroughs, Hernando Gonzáles, Anita Olanick, Diane D'Aquila

Plot:

Maryse Holden, a professor, feminist activist spent the last months before her murder in Mexico on "a break from feminism" that became a sexually iconic story reflect in her posthumous book "Give Sorrow Words". The film portrays this period of her life bluntly and brilliantly by Jackie Burroughs.

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.9/10