Winter Solstice
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Josh Sternfeld
Aaron Stanford
Mark Webber
Anthony Lapaglia
Allison Janney
Brendan Sexton Iii
Film Details
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Synopsis
Jim Winters is a widower raising two teenage sons in a modest New Jersey home where the unspoken presence of the boys' mother--killed in a car accident five years earlier--lingers with a quiet intensity. Gabe, the oldest son, wants nothing more than to get out of the New Jersey suburbs and start a new life in Florida, even if it means leaving behind his girlfriend Stacey, his younger brother Peter and his father, who has tried to be strong for his boys, but still clearly misses his wife. Jim doesn't have a clue that Gabe wants to leave town. He's busy trying to run a small landscaping business and keeps Pete on track to finish high school, something at which Pete's teacher Mr. Bricker is working hard as well. Pete is increasingly restless and at odds with nearly everyone around him. He's certainly not about to open up about surviving the crash that took his mother, and his father and brother aren't comfortable enough to let out their emotions about her very "present" absence either. The emotional impasse is about to be bridged when Molly Ripken moves into the quiet little community to housesit for a friend. Molly borrows a dolly from Jim, and when she returns it, she invites him and his boys to dinner as a gesture of thanks. With this subtle act of boldness, Molly ignites a spark in Jim that he'd long since let die. When the night of the dinner rolls around, the boys ditch their dad so he is forced to go alone. It turns out that a meal alone with Molly helps crack open this man of steel and gets him to start shedding his "super dad" front. It hasn't been easy being both parents and confiding in Molly unleashes Jim's frustrations, gets him talking about his past, and starts preparing him for his present. After dinner, Jim returns home to find his boys still out. He decides that if they want independence, he's going to help them. In fact, if they want to stay out all night, they can sleep out all night too; and with that, he tosses their mattresses and bedding on the front lawn. In the morning, the reality of Gabe's decision to leave home and Pete's growing rebelliousness still linger, but Jim's got a new spring in his step.
Director
Josh Sternfeld
Cast
Aaron Stanford
Mark Webber
Anthony Lapaglia
Allison Janney
Brendan Sexton Iii
Tom Sadoski
Dana Segal
John Leventhal
Tim Dowlin
Jason Fuchs
Kel O'neill
Lars Engstrom
Michelle Monaghan
Kathleen Bridget Kelly
Welker White
Ebon Moss-bachrach
Frank Wood
Rocco Rosiaro
Mark Newman
Ron Livingston
Crew
Jody Asnes
Wesley Battle
Sam Beam
Doug Bernheim
Doug Bernheim
Jon Bernier
Leslie Bloome
Ethan Borsuk
Harlan Bosmajian
Michael W Brennan
Liza Case
Don Cerrone
Don Ciana
Alvaro Cuello
Kat Donahue
Matt Dowd
David Dreishspoon
Angela Dufresne
Tom Efinger
Tom Efinger
Kevin Flynn
Lauren Fritz
Tim Gallin
James Geyer
Bryan J Goetzinger
Erika Goyzueta
Eitan Hakami
Amanda Harding
Marco Henry
Milly Itzhak
Meredith Jacobson-marciano
Stephen Jensen
Eric Johnson
J Jolley
Martin L Jones
Lisa Kent
Amanda Koblin
Heidi Kulow
Anthony Lapaglia
Tom Lavecchia
John Leventhal
John Leventhal
John Limotte
Stephanie Marquardt
Hunter Marshall
Michael Masarof
Michelle J Mayas
Bruno Michels
Brian Miksis
John Mitchell
Nicholas Montgomery
Jonah Oskow
George Paaswell
George Paaswell
Julio Pabone
Tina Pacheco
Heather Patton
Donna Paul
Jodi Peikoff
Diego Pina
Myk Porter
James Price
Hakim Quest
Aton Roberts
Corey Roberts
Jeffrey C S Robinson
Larry Ryle
John Sayre
Nate Scaglione
Aimee Schlectman
Robert Sciretta
Brian Sheratt
Dylan Sheridan
Christine Skubish
Amanda Slater
Amanda Slater
Steven R Smith
Craig Spencer
Josh Sternfeld
Anita Sum
Patricia Sztaba
Stan Sztaba
Roxy Toporowych
Bill Trautvetter
Ron Travisano
M Traxler
Alfonso Trinidad
Plummy Tucker
Joe Violante
Michael L. Walker
Tom Wallin
Karl Wasserman
Paola Weintraub
Dan Wesson
Jimmy Zelinger
David Zimmerman
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States January 2005
Released in United States May 2004
Released in United States on Video September 13, 2005
Released in United States Spring April 8, 2005
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-17, 2005.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival January 28-February 6, 2005.
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival May 1-9, 2004.
Paramount Classics paid just under $1 million for distribution rights.
Project was developed at the 2001 Sundance Institute's Screenwriter's Lab.
Project is the feature writing and directing debut for Josh Sternfeld.
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival January 28-February 6, 2005.)
Released in United States January 2005 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-17, 2005.)
Released in United States Spring April 8, 2005
Released in United States May 2004 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival May 1-9, 2004.)
Released in United States on Video September 13, 2005
