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1970 : Louis Riquier, divorced, veteran of algeria war, decides not to let his children go back to their mother house. Two of his children are quite happy, the third one is upset, she don't wants her father to go stupid again (it's not the first time) and goes home by night. The police (more precisely the "gendarmes" - a millitary police present everywhere in france) try to be very understanding. Their commandant was Louis Riquier's chief at war and he knows well that this man doesn't want to hurt anybody. The story turns bad when the under siege father accidently kills a policeman. Every body knows the story has to end, but the death of this policeman doesn't let lots of chance for a happy ending : Louis understands he will have to go to jail if he surrenders, so he tries to stay where he is... (I won't tell the end) This movie is quite fair, with suspense, good acting... The author did famous movies like "le vieux fusil" or "les grandes gueules". This movie is his very last, not his best, but it's worth seeing it.

....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.