Chronicle of a Passion

(1973)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 7 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1973

Runtime: 105 мин

Country: Belgium

Director: Roland Verhavert

Cast: Jan Decleir, Elizabeth Teissier, Liliane Vincent, Raoul de Manez, Robert Marcel, Hilde Uitterlinden, Rudi Van Vlaenderen, Luc Philips, Veerle Wijffels, Энн Кристи

Plot

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...