Paul Giamatti: Paul Hunham / Dominic Sessa: Angus Tully / Da'Vine Joy Randolph: Mary Lamb
Andrew Garman: Dr. Hardy Woodrup / Carrie Preston: Lydia Crane
Paul is a school teacher who is disliked by his students, his fellow faculty and the headmaster. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home. After a few days, only one student holdover remains -- a trouble-making 18-year-old named Angus, a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him expelled. Joining Paul and Angus is head cook Mary whose son was recently lost in Vietnam. These three very different shipwrecked people form an unlikely Christmas family sharing comic misadventures during two very snowy weeks in New England. The film received Five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress, as well as nominations for seven BAFTA Awards including Best Film, Best Director Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor. It won Two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
Wednesday 21st February 2024
