Chilly Scenes of Winter
A romantic comedy for all seasons
ComedyDramaRomancehusband wife relationshipbased on novel or booklove trianglewinterobsessionstepdaughtersalt lake city, utahextramarital affairwoman directormother son relationship
A wistful romantic comedy-drama about a man's obsessive rumination on a lost love during a bleak winter, balancing melancholy introspection with gentle humor.
Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
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