In the Bleak Midwinter

In the Bleak Midwinter

The drama. The passion. The intrigue... And the rehearsals haven't even started.

199599 min7.1 / 10

A warm, playful ensemble comedy about misfits and underdogs coming together to stage an unlikely Christmas production, finding community and purpose in the process.

Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.

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