--- title: 'The Holdovers (2023)' type: 'film' director: 'Alexander Payne' released: '2023-10-27' runtime_minutes: 133 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-holdovers-2023' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14849194/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Holdovers (2023) 2023 · R · 133 min · Comedy · United States ## Synopsis The Holdovers is a 2023 American Christmas comedy drama film directed by Alexander Payne, written by David Hemingson, and starring Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Dominic Sessa in his film debut. Set in 1970, it tells the story of a strict classics teacher at a New England boarding school who is forced to chaperone a handful of students who have nowhere to go during the school's Christmas holiday break. Filming took place from January to March 2022 in Massachusetts. The Holdovers premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023, and was released in the United States by Focus Features on October 27, 2023. ## Credits - **Director:** [Alexander Payne](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-payne) - **Screenplay:** [David Hemingson](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hemingson) - **Producer:** [David Hemingson](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hemingson), [Mark Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-johnson), [Bill Block](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-block) - **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Orton](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-orton) - **Director of Photography:** [Eigil Bryld](https://cinepixo.com/people/eigil-bryld) - **Editor:** [Kevin Tent](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-tent) ## Cast - [Carrie Preston](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-preston) as Miss Lydia Crane - [Dominic Sessa](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-sessa) as Angus Tully - [Paul Giamatti](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-giamatti) as Paul Hunham - [Da'Vine Joy Randolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/da-vine-joy-randolph) as Mary Lamb ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-holdovers-2023 Film facts: Wikidata (Q112114745); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.