The Winter Guest

"Come In From The Cold"

Dec 24 1997 R 1h 48m
Drama

It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother, Elspeth, travels to Frances' house to reconnect with her daughter and grandson, Alex. Meanwhile, old women Chloe and Lily go to a funeral, youngsters Sam and Tom cut class, and Alex gets a crush on tomboy Nita.

Plot

This movie centers on four pairs - Frances (Dame Emma Thompson) is a recent widow who wants to get away from Scotland to Australia with her teenage son Alex (Gary Hollywood) to escape her memories, arrival of her old mother Elspeth (Phyllida Law) makes her reconsider her decision. Alex approaches his first sexual experience with neighbour girl Nita (Arlene Cockburn). Chloe (Sandra Voe) and Lily (Sheila Reid) are two old women who like to attend strangers' funerals and Tom (Sean Biggerstaff) with Sam (Douglas Murphy) are two schoolboys who skip school to play on the beach and talk.

Written by

Sharman Macdonald, Alan Rickman

Directed by

Alan Rickman

Cast

Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Sheila Reid

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, United States of America

Production Companies

Capitol Films

Languages

English

Awards

5 wins & 9 nominations

Trailers
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Scores
# of Votes
3,832
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
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