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Mood:
- SentimentalTouchingCaptivatingBittersweet
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Plot:
- Single ParentVengeanceLove and RomanceFamily RelationsBabies and InfantsFall in LoveParents and ChildrenSiblings Relations more...
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Genres:
- DramaRomanceIndependentPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 30s
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Place:
- North CarolinaUSAMountains
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Winter People, 1989
English
USA
Profile of Winter People
The mood of Winter People is bittersweet, sentimental, and captivating. The plot centers around a single parent, vengeance, and family relations. It is a drama, independent, and romance movie. In approach, Winter People is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in the mountains. The setting is North Carolina. Winter People happens in the 1930s. It is based on a book.
Summary of Winter People
A Young widower, Wayland Jackson (Kurt Russell), moves with his only daughter into an North Carolina Appalachian town in the midst of the Great Depression. He soon falls hard for Collie Wright (Kelly McGillis) who has an illegitimate child. Jackson becomes involved with her family and soon proves his worth by joining them in their activities including a bear hunt and the building of a community clock tower. However, tensions run high when the family discovers that the baby's father, who is a member of a mean clan across the river, means to take the child back.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 14 April 1989 |
| Runtime: | 110 min |
Cast and Crew
as Collie Wright
as Wayland Jackson
