A Long Winter

Name: A Long Winter
Genre: Drama
Rating: 80
Cast: Fred Hechinger, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitriona Balfe, Kit Connor, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai

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A Long Winter

2026

1h 59m

Drama

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Set high in the mountains, fall comes to an end and a family prepares for the long winter ahead.

Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Sep 15, 2026

There are parts of 'A Long Winter' that verge on glacial, but strong performances and a truly moving final beat pull it all together.

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Ty Burr

Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack)

Sep 14, 2026

Where a lot of actors work hard to project strength or cool, Hechinger carries himself with an open-faced half-smile that evokes gentle vulnerability (and that oddly reminded me of the young Gene Wilder at times).

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

Sep 12, 2026

On its surface, the film is a critique of patriarchy, but it’s a testament to Haigh and his cast that potentially obvious themes are instead explored with rich nuance.

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Dionar Hidalgo

Algo Más Que Cine

1 day ago

7/10

Haigh's quietly devastating film finds unexpected tenderness amid grief. Hechinger shines, Turpin's snowy cinematography stuns, and the men's fumbling new freedom feels honest, not cruel. Not everything coheres, but that final shot earns it all.

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Alise Chaffins

MacGuffin or Meaning (Substack)

2 days ago

2.5/5

...while beautifully shot and well acted, the film felt like it simply replayed two beats over and over for its nearly 2-hour runtime.

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Nick Johnston

Vanyaland

4 days ago

So, yeah, it’s kind of a heavy watch, but one that’s worth seeing through.

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Andrew Haigh

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Fred Hechinger

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Ebon Moss-Bachrach

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Caitriona Balfe

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Kit Connor

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D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai

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Synopsis

Set high in the mountains, fall comes to an end and a family prepares for the long winter ahead.

Director: Andrew Haigh
Producer: Tristan Goligher, Chad Oakes, Michael Frislev, Michael Elliott
Screenwriter: Andrew Haigh
Production Co: The Bureau, Nomadic Pictures, MUBI, Film4 Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 59m

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