A Long Winter
With an intimate tale of tender heartbreak, 45 Years (MVFF38) and All of Us Strangers filmmaker Andrew Haigh transports his observant temperament and distinctive lens into the unsteadiness of domestic life to the Mountain West of the early 1950s. Based on a short story by Colm Tóibín, a perfect literary match for Haigh’s melancholic rhythms, A Long Winter follows young Mike (Fred Hechinger, with his finest turn in a rapidly bourgeoning career) and his resolute father (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) in the overwhelming aftermath of Mike’s brother leaving for the Korean War, and his mother (Caitríona Balfe) disappearing in a snow storm. While the icy temperatures settle in across an increasingly fruitless search, something slowly begins to thaw within Mike as he becomes aware of his own passions and sexual longings. Juxtaposed against the relentless majesty of snow-clad heights, Haigh’s painterly interiors and soulful depths gorgeously articulate repressed, unspoken emotions that refuse to continue hibernating. —Tomris Laffly
Director/s
Andrew Haigh
Andrew Haigh is an award-winning writer/director, whose critically acclaimed All of Us Strangers (2023) received six BAFTA nominations, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Haigh. Haigh's previous feature films include Lean on Pete (2017), 45 Years (2015), for which Charlotte Rampling earned an Academy Award® nomination, and his breakout hit, Weekend (2011). For television, Haigh served as an executive producer, as well as the lead writer/director on the series Looking (2014-2016). He also directed all five episodes of the 2012 limited series The North Water.
Expected Guests
ANDREW HAIGH: Director, Writer, Producer