‘A winter tan’ is based on the book “Give Sorrow Words: Maryse Holder’s Letters From Mexico”, published in 1979 after Holder’s disappearance and presumed death. The result is a film of astonishing direct frankness, which reveals a woman on a quest for love, sex and freedom but determined to tell all to us as an audience. She is prepared to reveal her humiliations as well as her highs. She drinks. She dances. She goes through intense periods of promiscuity and self-examination, telling us every detail of her triumphs and disappointments with the men (and boys) of the bars, beaches and backstreets of Mexico. Cast includes Jackie Burroughs, Erando Gonzalez and Anita Olanick.
Content notification
Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.
Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.
How to watch
Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
300632
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Feminist motion pictures
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mexico
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Feminist motion pictures
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Racism
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Feminist motion pictures
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Holder, Maryse
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)