....and it was almost unnoticed in France.It's based upon a news item The title is a pun :"Fait d'Hiver"(Winter news) has the same pronunciation as "Fait divers " (news item) A man (a cast against type Charles Berling)whose wife has left home wants to keep his children .He locks himself in with them and a lot of munitions and then begins a long "siege" .The local cop (Jean-François Stevenin) tries to communicate with the desperate guy he knows quite well.
Inside the house,Dad tells his two children that it's a game and that the "villains" won't get them.And Berling's portrayal might display a tendency to play a "hero" a "adventurer" as well .
Claude Brasseur has a small part of a devoted doctor and his scenes are perhaps the only ones where there's some relief in a nightmarish situation.
A true story without a happy end.
Inside the house,Dad tells his two children that it's a game and that the "villains" won't get them.And Berling's portrayal might display a tendency to play a "hero" a "adventurer" as well .
Claude Brasseur has a small part of a devoted doctor and his scenes are perhaps the only ones where there's some relief in a nightmarish situation.
A true story without a happy end.
