Winter Solstice
When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend Horace, and friendships of good neighbors. Tragedy upsets her newfound tranquillity, and she takes refuge in a rambling house with a new gentleman friend in Corrydale. But the group proves to be greater than the sum of its ill-fitting parts, and as the solstice passes, and as Christmas approaches, the healing power of love, begins to work its magic. (Filmed at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland)
Release Date
December 25, 2003Runtime
130 minDirected by
Martyn FriendScreenplay by
William CorlettLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Sinéad Cusack
Elfrida PhibbsJan Niklas
Oscar BlundellGeraldine Chaplin
Gloria BlundellJason Durr
Sam HowardSophie Schütt
Carrie MarchmontRalf Bauer
Andreas MendelPeter Ustinov
Hughie McLellanJean Simmons
Countess Lucinda RhivesAnna Maguire
Lucy MarchmontMarsha Fitzalan
Didi MarchmontJohn Bird
BarryMaureen Lipman
MarciaAngus Wright
Peter Kennedy