A Christmas Memory (1966)

A Christmas Memory

1966

Drama TV Movie

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.

Credits

Director

Frank Perry

Cast

Christine Marler as Aunt

Donnie Melvin as Buddy

Geraldine Page as Woman

Josip Elic as HaHa

Lavinia Cassels as Aunt

Lynn Forman as Woman in Car

Truman Capote as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Win Forman as Storekeeper