Midwinter Break

About Midwinter Break

Longtime retired couple Stella and Gerry realise that their relationship has reached a crossroads while on holiday in Amsterdam. After so much time and so many memories, long-held promises and deeply concealed wounds threaten to come to light and force them to confront their future.

Midwinter Break (2026) is a drama film directed by Polly Findlay.

Lesley Manville appears as Stella, Ciarán Hinds as Gerry, Niamh Cusack as Kathy, and Julie Lamberton as Young Stella. Released in February 2026, it runs 90 minutes.

The screenplay is by Bernard MacLaverty and Nick Payne. It comes from Family Affair Films, Film4 Productions, and Protagonist Pictures. The story is adapted from a novel. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

The Fault in Our Stars make useful companions to Midwinter Break. It carries a PG-13 rating.