Monday Night Cinema

Midwinter Break

Based on the book by Bernard MacLaverty

Based on the novel by Bernard MacLaverty and led by two masterly performances from Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) and Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread), Midwinter Break is a moving drama about confronting the past as the unspoken rifts of a long relationship belatedly rise to the surface.

Gerry and Stella are an older couple who’ve been living in Scotland since leaving Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles. A trip away to Amsterdam offers the pair a chance to revitalise their relationship, amid some underlying tension over their differing attitudes to faith and Gerry’s concerning drinking habits. But Stella has another reason for wanting to visit Amsterdam, and a revelation from the past forces the pair to finally confront some very hard truths.