The Holdovers
Synopsis
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
The Holdovers (2023) is a 2h 13min comedy feature film by Alexander Payne. A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysi... Selected for Los Angeles Film Awards (2023).
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Festival History
- The Rio Grind Film Festival 2026
- Academy Awards 2024 academy_award
- BAFTA Awards 2024 generic ★ won: Best Supporting Actress (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), Best Casting. nominated: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Paul Giamatti), Best Supporting Actor (Dominic Sessa), Best Original Screenplay
- Independent Spirit Awards 2024 generic
- Mad Monster Party Film Festival 2024
- Monza Film Fest 2024
- Directors Guild of America 2023 generic
- Los Angeles Film Awards 2023
- Stockholm International Film Festival 2023 generic - Icons
- Telluride Film Festival 2023 generic - Main Program
- Toronto International Film Festival 2023 generic
Soundtracks
| Vinyl LP | The Holdovers (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Matías Ambrogi-Torres, Mark Orton, Richard Ford (2023) | 1 release, 2023: Back Lot Music |
Identifiers & sources
| Wikidata | Q112114745 |
| IMDb | tt14849194 |
| TMDB | 840430 |
