Starring Geraldine Page, Donnie Melvin, Lavinia Cassels, Christine Marler, Josip Elic
Directed by Frank Perry
Print: Black and White
Runtime: 51 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Its the last Christmas together in Depression era Alabama of a sensitive boy and his elderly cousin who was his closest friend. The two raise enough money to buy the ingredients for 30 fruit cakes, sent mostly to strangers like FDR. They spend Christmas day flying the kites the made for each while Capote's voice over explains their separation, followed by their dog's passing, and a few years later her's.
