"Discomfort and joy."
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.
Writers & Crew
Alexander Payne
Director
David Hemingson
Writer
Mark Johnson
Producer
David Hemingson
Producer
Bill Block
Producer
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