A Warm December

A Warm December (1973)

His love. Her December. Their story. Something to remember.

Widower Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter go to London for a month of dirt-bike racing. While there, Dr. Younger is surprised by finding himself attracted to Catherine, a charming but elusive woman who seems to have some mysterious men following her. A romance slowly develops between the doctor and Catherine, but there are complications to their happiness.

Date of release
1973-05-23
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (15)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Sidney Poitier

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

A Warm December is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sidney Poitier and starring him in the lead role as Dr. Matt Younger. It also stars Jamaican actress Esther Anderson as Catherine, Matt's love interest. Anderson's performance as an African princess won her an NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in 1973. The film is also notable for an appearance of Letta Mbulu singing, with an African choir, "Nonqonqo" by Miriam Makeba, a song about South African political prisoners that first appeared on the 1965 album An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson wrote and conducted the score.

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