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71% Critic Match
In the Bleak Midwinter
“The drama. The passion. The intrigue... And the rehearsals haven't even started.”
7.1 / 10• 1995• 1h 39m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Michael Maloney
Joe
Lead
Richard Briers
Henry
Joan Collins
Margaretta
Nicholas Farrell
Tom Newman
Julia Sawalha
Nina
Celia Imrie
Fadge
John Sessions
Terry Du Bois
Jennifer Saunders
Nancy
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kenneth Branagh's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. In the Bleak Midwinter is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
