Edinburgh Humanists’ first film night excursion of 2024!  Join this friendly group of humanists to see ‘The Holdovers’ at the Cameo Cinema in Edinburgh.

The film is set in a boarding school in the USA in 1970. The central character is a teacher who is saddled with the responsibility of looking after those boys who are unable to go home for the Christmas holiday – the “holdovers”.

Directed by Alexander Payne and starring Paul Giamatti as the teacher in question. The film has several nominations for the forthcoming Oscars.