Winter Talk

December 24. Hundreds of lorries are stranded at a port on the English Channel. Abbas, a veteran lorry driver, meets Pawel, a young Polish driver. Despite the language barrier, the two men are forced to spend Christmas Eve together.

23m2026

French

Crew and Cast

Vassili SchemannDirector

Thierry Hellin

Thierry HellinAbbas

Mateusz Rozwadowski

Mateusz RozwadowskiPawel

Caroline Donnelly

Storyline

December 24. Hundreds of lorries are stranded at a port on the English Channel. Abbas, a veteran lorry driver, meets Pawel, a young Polish driver. Despite the language barrier, the two men are forced to spend Christmas Eve together.

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Info

Status: Released
Released: 22 October 2026
Runtime: 23m

Production

Director: Vassili Schemann
Writers: Vassili Schemann
Studios: Fontana, Été Caniculaire, Under Ski Tower
Countries: Belgium, France, Poland

Languages

Original: French
Spoken: English, French, Polish