Chronicle of a Passion

Release Date: 1973-01-01

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...

Rating: 5.5 / 10

Cast

Jan Decleir

as Renier Joskin de Lamarache

Elizabeth Teissier

as Rolande

Liliane Vincent

as Diane

Raoul de Manez

as Clarence

Robert Marcel

as Hardwin