A Year Ago in Winter

A Year Ago in Winter
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCaroline Link
Written byCaroline Link
Based onAftermath
by Scott Campbell
Produced byRobert W. Cort
Scarlett Lacey
Martin Moszkowicz
Oliver Nommsen
Uschi Reich
CinematographyBella Halben
Edited byPatricia Rommel
Music byMartin Stock, Niki Reiser
Production
company
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 9 September 2008 (2008-09-09) (Toronto International Film Festival)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

A Year Ago in Winter (German: Im Winter ein Jahr) is a 2008 German drama film directed by Caroline Link. It is based on the novel Aftermath by American author Scott Campbell, telling the story of a "complicated family situation" after the unexpected and unexplained suicide of a young man. It deals with the consequences of overly long suppressed mourning.[1] The film score was composed by Niki Reiser, arranged, directed and produced by Martin Stock.

The film was premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and its theatrical release was on 13 November 2008.[2] The fotorealistic painting featured in the film was made by the Munich artist Florian Sussmayr.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference FR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (1 October 2009). The Concise CineGraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  3. ^ A. Sterneborg (2010-05-20). "Filmfestspiele in Toronto - Die schöne Querulantin - Kultur - sueddeutsche.de". Archived from the original on 20 May 2010. Retrieved 2021-12-04.