THE HOLDOVERS

Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, 2024


Original language: English

Subtitles: Romanian


Directed by: Alexander PAYNE 

Country: US

Year of production: 2023

Length: 133 minutes

Genre: comedy, drama

The latest title from renowned director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS, follows a prejudiced teacher (Paul Giamatti) at a prestigious American school, forced to stay on campus during the Christmas break to supervise a few students who have nowhere to go to go. Eventually, he develops an unexpected bond with one of them – a rebellious, intelligent and troubled guy (Dominic Sessa) – and the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph ).