The heartfelt and intoxicating documentary In a Wintry Season starts out looking like a fairy tale, and unpredictably turns decidedly not, as the real world and human behavior intervene.
Writer-director Mary Posatko tells the increasingly unpredictable story of her parents. I generally resist filmmakers profiling their own parents, but In a Wintry Season won me over with its candor, authenticity and surprises. It’s a relatable story of two people and their family and their times, but it brings us into a meditation on what is American Catholicism today. Very sweet ending.
I screened In a Wintry Season for its US premiere at Cinequest, where I predict it will be a crowd-pleaser.