Chronicle of a Passion (1973)

6.3/10 105 min Drama

Overview

After World War I, widower Renier has returned to his estate Horlebecq. His sole diversion is his correspondence with the Parisian Rolande, who he met during the war. Even though his family is pressuring him into marrying his sister-in-law Emily, Renier stays obsessed with Rolande and even visits her in Paris. She manages to persuade him to invest large sums of money into the "Academie de Beauté" in Paris. His reckless investments and breaking off his engagement with Emily leads to unbearable tensions at Horlebecq...

Cast

Jan Decleir

Renier Joskin de Lamarache

Elizabeth Teissier

Rolande

Liliane Vincent

Diane

Hilde Uitterlinden

Emily

Ann Christy

Chansonnière

Dora van der Groen

Coleta

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