Drama · United States of America · 1976 · 37m

In the Region of Ice

Director

Peter Werner

Cast

Peter Lampert as Fionnula Flanagan as

Crew

Stephen L. Posey — Director of Photography Peter Werner — Writer Joyce Carol Oates — Novel

Synopsis

In this American Film Institute-subsidized short subject, Fionnula Flanagan plays a sharp-tongued but compassionate nun, while Peter Lempert is cast as a sullen, emotionally disturbed boy. The title refers to the "thawing" process that occurs when the nun attempts to break through Lempert's wall of silence. Winner of the Oscar for "Best Short Film, Live Action". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Key Collaborators

Peter Werner Director Stephen L. Posey Director of Photography Peter Werner Writer Joyce Carol Oates Novel

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