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In the Region of Ice

In the Region of Ice

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📜 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.
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📆 Date Released: 1976-10-06
⌚ Running Time: 37 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.6

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Peter Lampert original image
Peter Lampert
Fionnula Flanagan original image
Fionnula Flanagan

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