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Winter Solstice (2004)

Winter Solstice poster
Directed by
Josh Sternfeld
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A widower struggles to connect with his two teenage sons years after their mother died in a car accident. The family deals with grief and distance in their daily lives.

slow-burnmelancholicintimatesubduedreflectiveemotionally restrainedgentlequiet

What happens

Winter Solstice is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Josh Sternfeld and starring Anthony LaPaglia, Aaron Stanford, and Mark Webber. The story focuses on the efforts of a man to interact with and relate to his sons in the years following the accidental death of his wife. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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