In the Bleak Midwinter
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In the Bleak Midwinter

In the Bleak Midwinter

7.1/ 10

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42

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1995

Release Year

99 min

Runtime

Comedy

Overview

Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.

Keywords

transvestite
theatre group
black and white
nostalgic
hamlet
christmas
gay theme
theater

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DocTerminus

DocTerminus

February 7, 2022

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7/10

Branagh's 2022 black and white film **BELFAST** is considered his most personal film. I offer that his 1995 black and white film **IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER** is equally autobiographical. And I guess that we will see a third black and white film in the future that would showcase the twilight of his ca

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