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Winter Solstice
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Winter Solstice 2003 Directed by Martyn Friend

When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend Horace, and friendships of good neighbors. Tragedy upsets her newfound tranquillity, and she takes refuge in a rambling house with a new gentleman friend in Corrydale. But the group proves to be greater than the sum of its ill-fitting parts, and as the solstice passes, and as Christmas approaches, the healing power of love, begins to work its magic. (Filmed at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland)

Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Release Date 25 December 2003
130 mins
Cast
Sinéad Cusack
Sinéad Cusack Elfrida Phibbs
Jan Niklas
Jan Niklas Oscar Blundell
Geraldine Chaplin
Geraldine Chaplin Gloria Blundell
Jason Durr
Jason Durr Sam Howard
Sophie Schütt
Sophie Schütt Carrie Marchmont
Ralf Bauer
Ralf Bauer Andreas Mendel
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov Hughie McLellan
Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons Countess Lucinda Rhives
Emma Streets
Emma Streets Francesca 'Fran' Blundell
Anna Maguire
Anna Maguire Lucy Marchmont
Marsha Fitzalan
Marsha Fitzalan Didi Marchmont
John Bird
John Bird Barry
Maureen Lipman
Maureen Lipman Marcia
Gregory Finnegan
Gregory Finnegan Giles
Alastair Bruce
Alastair Bruce Rory Kennedy
Angus Wright
Angus Wright Peter Kennedy
Crew
Director
Martyn Friend
Martyn Friend
Writer
William Corlett
William Corlett
Sound
Ben Meechan
Ben Meechan
Original Writer
Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher
Camera Operator
Mark Milsome
Mark Milsome
Script Supervisor
Jo Beckett
Jo Beckett