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That Cold Day in the Park
That Cold Day in the Park
7.3
/10
543 Ratings

THAT COLD DAY IN THE PARK

Directed by Robert Altman
United States, 1969
Drama

Synopsis

Young, wealthy spinster Frances Austen invites a mute teenager into her apartment after finding him freezing in the park next to where she lives. Despite her best efforts, their lack of communication only increases her sense of loneliness, as her possessiveness spirals into frightening new realms.

Synopsis

Young, wealthy spinster Frances Austen invites a mute teenager into her apartment after finding him freezing in the park next to where she lives. Despite her best efforts, their lack of communication only increases her sense of loneliness, as her possessiveness spirals into frightening new realms.

Our take

Sandy Dennis delivers a chilling performance as a lonely woman torn between the shackles of her class and the promise of ‘60s sexual liberation in Altman’s third feature. A haunting psychodrama that marks some of the director’s key traits: an interest in women’s psychology and formal experiments.