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Winter Solstice (2004/I)

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Overview

Director:
Josh Sternfeld
Writer:
Josh Sternfeld (written by)
Release Date:
24 November 2005 (Australia) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
In this suburban drama, a widower (played by Anthony LaPaglia) confronts his older son's (played by Aaron Stanford) decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
As the seasons change, you try to come to terms... more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Anthony LaPaglia ... Jim Winters

Aaron Stanford ... Gabe Winters
Mark Webber ... Pete Winters

Allison Janney ... Molly Ripkin

Michelle Monaghan ... Stacey
Brendan Sexton III ... Robbie (as Brendan Sexton)

Ron Livingston ... Mr. Bricker
Ebon Moss-Bachrach ... Steve
Frank Wood ... Bill Brennan
Kel O'Neill ... Tim

Thomas Sadoski ... Chris Bender
Kathleen Bridget Kelly ... Mrs. Burton (as Kathleen Kelly)
Welker White ... History Teacher

Jason Fuchs ... Bob

Dana Segal ... Math Teacher
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
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Company:
Sound Pictures more

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Continuity: When Jim puts a box in the truck, we see him sit it on top of other items and it sticks up too high to be able to shut the hatch but immediately we switch camera angle, and she slams the hatch shut. more
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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
As the seasons change, you try to come to terms..., 3 December 2006
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Author: Howlin Wolf from Oldham, Gtr Manchester, England.

Quick physics analogy here. (although I hate the discipline!) Imagine a family consisting of three forces pulling in opposite directions. What's gonna happen? Whatever exists between them is gonna start to show cracks, right? Well, even if this little scientific postulation of mine turns out to be incorrect, it still handily applies to the meditation on grief that "Winter Solstice" offers. If they were united as a group, they would be much stronger, but with the huge space vacated by a missing figure, they become a ship without a rudder.

Fans, like me, of Lapaglia, Stanford or David Gordon Green's "All the Real Girls" should definitely come away from this with some food for thought. There are echoes of "In the Bedroom", too. Admirers of any mentioned will be pleasantly acquainted with the pace this film moves at as this is not a work for those who like their cinema to run loud, obvious and at a mile a minute. If low-key indie musing is your thing though, then I would suggest you check it out. It's content not to milk its material for moments of angst, so there are few showy moments for the actors. Suppressed anger is the main vent for hidden depths, so it could have been more 'raw', but taken together it nevertheless builds to something that is genuinely affecting.

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