A Christmas Memory

Story

Synopsis

As Christmastime approaches in rural, Depression-era Alabama, a young boy and his best friend, an elderly woman distantly related to him, prepare for the impending holiday by gathering ingredients for their annual batch of fruitcakes for "people who've struck our fancy." On Christmas Eve, they talk with great anticipation of the next day, but underneath is the sad, almost unspoken knowledge that the boy is growing up and his cousin is getting older and frailer. Based on Truman Capote's autobiographical short story.

Director

Frank Perry

Writers

Eleanor Perry, Truman Capote

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

21 December 1966

Ensemble

Cast

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  Geraldine Page

  Woman

• Donnie Melvin

  Buddy

• Lavinia Cassels

  Aunt

• Christine Marler

  Aunt

• 

  Josip Elic

  HaHa

• Lynn Forman

  Woman in Car

• Win Forman

  Storekeeper

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  Truman Capote

  Narrator (voice) (uncredited)