Rating
62%
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Release Date
06 Oct, 1976
Runtime
00:37: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
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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Actors
Fionnula Flanagan
Crew
Peter Werner
Joyce Carol Oates
Frederick Elmes
