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You can watch That Cold Day in the Park (1969) for free on Kanopy.

Frances Austen, a young, wealthy spinster, invites a mute teenager into her apartment after finding him freezing in the park next to where she lives. Despite her best efforts, their lack of communication only increases her sense of loneliness, as her possessiveness spirals into frightening new realms.

A frantic, trembling portrait of isolation defines the lead performance as a lonely woman’s charity curdles into something much darker. This quiet psychological spiral turns a simple act of kindness into a suffocating claustrophobic nightmare.

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