In the Bleak Midwinter
The drama. The passion. The intrigue... And the rehearsals haven't even started.
7.0 / 10
99 minutes
1995-09-29
English
GB
Actors :
Michael Maloney, Richard Briers, Joan Collins, Nicholas Farrell, Julia Sawalha, Celia Imrie, John Sessions, Jennifer Saunders, Gerard Horan, Mark Hadfield, Hetta Charnley, Adrian Scarborough, Brian Pettifer, Patrick Doyle, Shaun Prendergast
Description
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.
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DocTerminus
2/17/2022, 5:54:29 PM
Branagh's 2022 black and white film **BELFAST** is considered his most personal film. I offer that his 1995 black and white film **IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER** is equally autobiographical. And I guess that we will see a third black and white film in the future that would showcase the twilight of his career to close out the Branagh Trilogy. (_Cross your fingers_.) **IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER** is also...