Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Beautiful. Frigid. She is Called a Snow Queen.

PG 1973 · 93 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama

Rita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to re-examine her life, as well as her relationships with her mother, her eye doctor husband, her alienated daughter and estranged son.

Directed by Gilbert Cates · Written by Stewart Stern

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