WINTER GUEST - DVD

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• Release Year: 1997
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Academy Award - winner Emma Thompson (Best Actress 1992, Howards End, Primary Colors) co-stars with her real-life mother (Phyllida Law, Emma) creating a brilliant and absorbing performance ensemble that is 'astonshing' (Premire), 'radiant' (Harper's Bazaar), 'thrilling' (The New Yorker) and 'daring and graceful' (Rolling stone). Seldom has a film extracted such a powerful emotional response from an audience.; ; One cold winter day, an elderly woman arrives uninvited and unexpectantly at the home of her daughter, Frances, who is still grieving over her young husband;s recent death. Together, they embark on an emotional journey neither of them are ready for, but both know must be taken.; ; First time director Alan Rickman (critically acclaimed actor of Die Hard and Sense and Sensibility) utilizes the stark Scottish coast to accentuate and ultimately bring warmth to this bold, touching drama the Chicago Tribune call, 'The first great film of 1998.'
• Cast: Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Sheila Reid, Sandra Voe, Arlene Cockburn, Gary Hollywood, Sean Biggerstaff, Douglas Murphy, Tom Watson, Jan Shand, Sandy Neilson, Billy McElhaney, Helen Devon, Harry Welsh, Christian Zanone, Ross Lewis, Alan Rickman, Sharman Macdonald
• Director: Alan Rickman
• Runtime: 1:50
• Company: Image Entertainment, New Line Home Entertainment, Fine Line Features, Capitol Films Limited, Channel Four Films, The Scottish Arts Council
• Media Format: Movie