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Chilly Scenes of Winter is a 1979 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Joan Micklin Silver, and starring John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, and Gloria Grahame.
Jul 15, 1982 · Chilly Scenes of Winter: Directed by Joan Micklin Silver. With John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan. Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter.
Chilly Scenes of Winter. The trailblazing Joan Micklin Silver—one of only a handful of women to direct a film for a major Hollywood studio in the 1970s—digs fearlessly into the psychology of a thorny relationship in this anti–romantic comedy, based on Ann Beattie’s best-selling novel, about lovelorn civil servant Charles (John Heard ...
Plot. As the novel begins in the time between Christmas and New Year's, Charles, several days short of his 27th birthday, is dealing with his mentally ill mother's recent hospitalization. His 19-year-old sister is home from college for the holidays.
Brief Synopsis. A man falls for a separated woman but can't cope when she returns to her husband.
“Chilly Scenes of Winter” depicts the delicacy of male inner turmoil as realized through the sharp satirical lens of a woman director. Joan Micklin Silver’s third feature film, “Winter” sells a sneaky setup of quirkiness that conceals a soul of violence.
Mar 15, 2023 · To delve even further into the film’s history and production, Criterion has put together a new 28-minute program entitled Producing “Chilly Scenes of Winter,” featuring Metcalf on his own and both Dunne and Robinson together.
