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One Christmas (1994)

One Christmas poster
Directed by
Tony Bill
Genre
drama film, Christmas film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy leaves his Alabama home to spend Christmas with his father in New Orleans. He feels reluctant about the trip and struggles to connect with a parent he barely knows.

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What happens

One Christmas is a 1994 American drama television film directed by Tony Bill, written by Duane Poole, and starring Katharine Hepburn (in her final television role), Henry Winkler and Swoosie Kurtz. It is based on the 1983 short story "One Christmas" by Truman Capote about a young boy who reluctantly leaves his Alabama home to spend Christmas with his estranged father in New Orleans. The film originally premiered on NBC on December 19, 1994. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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