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The Holdovers

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The Holdovers
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130 min.
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United States United States
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Comedy. Drama | Comedy-Drama. 1970s. Christmas. Schools & University. Education
Synopsis
Nobody likes teacher Paul Hunham -not his students, not his fellow faculty, not the headmaster, who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home. After a few days, only one student holdover remains -a trouble-making 15-year-old named Angus, a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him expelled. Joining Paul and Angus is head cook Mary -an African American woman who caters to sons of privilege and whose own son was recently lost in Vietnam. These three very different shipwrecked people form an unlikely Christmas family sharing comic misadventures during two very snowy weeks in New England.
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2023: Academy Awards (Oscars): Best Supporting Actress. 5 nominations
2023: Golden Globes Awards: 2 awards. 3 nominations
2023: BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards: 2 awards. 7 nominations
2023: Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA): Best Original Screenplay.
2023: Toronto Film Festival (TIFF): nominated to People's Choice Award (Best Film).
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The Holdovers
2023
Alexander Payne
7.3
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