In the Region of Ice

In the Region of Ice

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 6, 1976

Runtime

0h 37m

User Score

62%

Original Title

In the Region of Ice

Director

Peter Werner

Description

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.