Kenneth Branagh’s A MIDWINTER’S TALE (1995)

Welcome to our SUMMER OF STORIES FROM THE STAGE, in which watch and discuss films about life in the theater.

“Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help save his sister's local church by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet. The inexperienced actors with nowhere else to go bring their anxieties and eccentricities with them. Chaos reigns, but gradually something powerful emerges.”

This is an online movie and play discussion group. While participants usually arrive having watched the film beforehand, you are invited to come and listen if you haven't seen the film yet.

A MIDWINTER’S TALE (1995)
Also released as IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
Written and directed by Kenneth Branagh
With Richard Briers, Julia Sawalha, John Sessions, Celia Imrie, Jennifer Saunders and Joan Collins
1 hour 39 mins.
Available to stream and rent in a variety of places; check https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/a-midwinters-tale for details.