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Chronicle of a Passion (1973)

Chronicle of a Passion (1973)

Drama
Release Date: 1973, January 1
Directors: Roland Verhavert
Countries: Belgium
Cast: Jan Decleir, Hilde Uitterlinden, Dora van der Groen, Luc Philips, Guido Claus, Raoul de Manez, Rudi Van Vlaenderen, Elizabeth Teissier, Marie-Paule Mailleux, Liliane Vincent, Robert Marcel, Veerle Wijffels

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...