A Winter Tan

A Winter Tan is a 1987 Canadian drama film. Based on the book Give Sorrow Words by Maryse Holder, the film stars Jackie Burroughs as Holder.

A Winter Tan
Directed by	Jackie Burroughs Louise Clark John Frizzell John Walker Aerlyn Weissman
Written by	Jackie Burroughs John Frizzell Maryse Holder (book)
Produced by	Dulce Kuri Servando Gaja
Starring	Jackie Burroughs Hernando Gonzáles
Cinematography	John Walker
Edited by	Allan Lee Susan Martin
Music by	Ahmed F. Hassan John Lang
Production company	Canada Council for the Arts
Distributed by	Circle Films
Release date	29 June 1989 (1989-06-29) (Australia)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The screenplay was written by Burroughs and John Frizzell, and the film was directed and produced jointly by Burroughs, Frizzell, Louise Clark, John Walker and Aerlyn Weissman.

Plot summary

Jackie Burroughs stars as Maryse Holder, the ill-fated feminist author who met an untimely death in Acapulco. Her behavior toward Mexican men was to regard them as subjects for the pursuit of sexual and romantic adventure. Her own pursuits of sex, booze and love lead to her death at the hands of one of her many macho partners.^[1]

Cast

• Jackie Burroughs as Maryse Holder
• Erando Gonzalez as Miguel Novaro
• Anita Olanick as Pam
• Diane D'Aquila as Edith

Awards

Burroughs won the Genie Award for Best Actress.