Midwinter Break

Longtime retired couple Stella and Gerry realise that their relationship has reached a crossroads while on holiday in Amsterdam. After so much time and so many memories, long-held promises and deeply concealed wounds threaten to come to light and force them to confront their future.

Cast

Lesley Manville

as Stella

Ciarán Hinds

as Gerry

Niamh Cusack

as Kathy

Julie Lamberton

as Young Stella

Ed Sayer

as Young Gerry

Leila Laaraj

as Hennie

Tim Licata

as Man in Bar

Marco Horta Lopes

as Receptionist

Elène Zuidmeer

as Barwoman

David Gallacher

as Glasgow Priest

Reviews

Brent Marchant

It’s becoming increasingly rare these days that movies present stories with insightful, contemplative narratives, despite the fact that we probably need pictures like this now more than ever. However, viewers looking for films that provide them with profound food for thought should seriously conside...

Leno

Not really my type of movie but I was lucky to get a free ticket from letterboxd so I watched it. The movie follows the series of events that unfold after an old couple with a monotonous life go to vacations on Amsterdam after a seemingly impromptu decision of the wife to bring some change to lif...

CinemaSerf

According to novelist Bernard MacLaverty, this took almost nine years from contract to can and had quite a bumpy ride along the way via writers' strikes and COVID before they managed to recruit the services of Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds and take us all to Amsterdam. We know from the opening sc...

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