A younger man in a fur coat lies in the snow in A Long Winter

Something lost, something found. Mubi have released the official first Trailer for Andrew Haigh‘s A Long Winter. A family walk into uncertainty as a long harsh winter approaches who will be forgiven?

Today the film will make it’s UK Premiere at BFI London Film Festival, however it was its world premiere at this year’s Telluride Film Festival. It comes with great accolades with reviews commenting the films is an heartbreaking study of grief and desire. André Turpin‘s cinematography looks beautiful and forbidding looks to capture the harshness of the surroundings. We loved All Of Us Are Strangers, Haigh’s last film it was one of our favourite films of 2024. His new film looks to continue that search for belonging, human connection and self love.

Starring Fred Hechinger (Thelma, Gladiator II), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear, The Fantastic Four: First Steps), Caitríona Balfe (Belfast, Ford v Ferrari, Outlander), Kit Connor (Heartstopper, Warfare, Rocketman), D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Warfare, Reservation Dogs), and Martin Freeman (Sherlock, The Hobbit).

A Long Winter is set in 1951 and the Colorado mountains  as autumn draws to a close. A family prepares for the long winter ahead, those preparations are cancelled when Mikey (Hechinger) with his father has to head into mountains during a snowstorm to find his mother who has disappeared.

Synopsis | In 1951, high in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, Mike’s (Hechinger) world is thrown into uncertainty when his mother vanishes into the wilderness. Alongside his complicated father, and with their small mountain community rallying together against the unforgiving winter, Mike embarks on a search that leads him toward an unexpected journey of self-discovery, belonging and the quiet strength required to carry on.

A Long Winter will be released in UK and Irish cinemas on 15th January 2027. If you live in the U.S, MUBI set to release the film on 4th December.

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