UK / USA,
1997, 108 min
Directed by:
Alan RickmanCinematography:
Seamus McGarveyComposer:
Michael KamenCast:
Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law, Sheila Reid, Arlene Cockburn, Sean Biggerstaff, Alan Rickman, Sandra Voe, Sandy Neilson, Christian ZanonePlots(1)
recently widowed photographer Frances (Academy Award(c) winner Emma Thompson) lives with her increasingly distant son and finds her life radically changed with the arrival of her mother, Elspeth (Phyllida Law, Thompson#s real-life mother). In a remote Scottish village, this family and the people around them are forever changed on the coldest day of the year as hearts begin to melt. (official distributor synopsis)
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