
Fred Claus
2007


“Two brothers. One legacy. Lots of spirit.”
2 votes
After 35 years in Chicago, Donal reluctantly returns to the Scottish Highlands to reconcile with his estranged older brother Sandy. Sandy needs Donal to take over the family's whisky distillery or he'll be forced to sell and give up on the family's legacy. But their reunion forces the brothers to confront the past and the real reason Donal left Glenrothan.
Director
Brian CoxWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$45K
Production Companies

When "Donal" (Alan Cumming) discovers from his daughter that his long estranged brother isn't keeping so well, he heads back from the States where he had a successful club (until it caught fire) to the Scottish family brewery he abandoned some forty years earlier. His daughter "Amy" (Alexandra Shipp) and his granddaughter "Sasha" (Alexandra Wilkie) have long maintained a relationship with "Sandy" (Brian Cox) but for "Donal" this is going to be quite a traumatic reconciliation, and once he arrives at their beautiful Highland home he realises that he has some fence mending to do. His arrival als…
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