The Holdovers (Between Feierdeeg Screenings)
Between Feierdeeg Screenings
The Holdovers
aka Winter Break USA 2023 | Alexander Payne | vostFR | 133’ | digital | Cast: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston | 12+ > Best Supporting Actress (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), Oscars 2024 ; Best Supporting Actress (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), Best Actor (Paul Giamatti); Golden Globes 2024
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England school remains on campus during Christmas break. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.
« Finesse et intelligence emportent en toutes circonstances la mise dans ce The Holdovers irrésistible et euphorisant, qui nous nourrit d’une certitude, Alexander Payne n’est ni plus ni moins que le grand maître de la comédie américaine contemporaine. » (Cultureaupoing)
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« It is both melancholy and funny as these characters develop the capacity to engage emotionally and take off in new directions. It is affecting without ever being treacly or sentimental and the performances are tremendous. » (The Spectator)
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