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The Holdovers

Alexander Payne / US, 2023 / 133 min.

Paul Giamatti (Sideways) and his fellow actors shine in Alexander Payne’s tale of a boarding school teacher who clashes with an intelligent, yet moody pupil. Set around Christmas 1971, during the Vietnam war era.

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Giamatti plays Paul Hunham, a somewhat grumpy, introverted history teacher at a boarding school in New England, where the elite’s children are prepared for lucrative careers in the 1%’s network. Hunham has to spend the Christmas Holidays at school to supervise the children who can’t go home, one of whom is the rebellious teen Angus.

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This movie contains scenes with alcohol and/or drug useThis movie contains scenes of explicit discriminationPersons under 12 years must be accompanied by an adultThis movie contains foul language

Director

Alexander Payne

Production year

2023

Country

US

Original title

The Holdovers

Length

133 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NLD

Format

DCP

Accessibility

Earcatch

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