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Jan 16, 1998 · “The Winter Guest” follows four sets of characters through a day in a Scottish village, and its purpose is not to draw a lesson or tell a story, but to evoke a mood. To see this film is to spend a day in a village near St. Andrews, and with a shock I realized I had once lingered for an afternoon in this village, or one much like it–in ...
In his debut as a director, British actor Alan Rickman has adapted Sharman Macdonald's play The Winter Guest for the screen. It is a quiet, quirky, and luminous film about one day in the lives of four sets of characters in a Scottish seaside town.
The Winter Guest is a 1997 drama film directed by Alan Rickman (in his feature directorial debut) and starring Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson.
The Winter Guest: Directed by Alan Rickman. With Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Sheila Reid, Sandra Voe. A recent widow, who is determined to leave Scotland for Australia with her son, gets an unexpected visit from her aging mother.
- (3.8K)
- Drama
- Alan Rickman
- 1997-12-24
Jan 1, 2009 · A coastal town in Scotland is the setting for The Winter Guest, which is about four couples. Centre stage are mother and daughter Elspeth and Frances, played by real-life mother and daughter ...
Mark Cunliffe 🇵🇸’s review published on Letterboxd: It's not often a film leaves me speechless, but Alan Rickman's The Winter Guest has certainly done so. I don't want to examine it, or consider it too much, I just want to keep feeling it.
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Recent reviews. 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.