In the Region of Ice
1976 | 37 minutes | 6.2 ★ (4)
- Overview
In this American Film Institute-subsidized short subject, Fionnula Flanagan plays a sharp-tongued but compassionate nun, while Peter Lempert is cast as a sullen, emotionally disturbed boy. The title refers to the "thawing" process that occurs when the nun attempts to break through Lempert's wall of silence. Winner of the Oscar for "Best Short Film, Live Action". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
- Release Date
06 October 1976
- DirectingPeter Werner
- Budget
$0.00
- Revenue
$0.00
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