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A Christmas Tale
When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.
2008 · Directed by Arnaud Desplechin · 152 min · Comedy · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
The dilemma. The reunion
Crew
- Written by: Emmanuel Bourdieu, Arnaud Desplechin
- Cinematography: Éric Gautier
- Edited by: Laurence Briaud
- Music: Grégoire Hetzel
- Production design: Daniel Bevan
- Produced by: Pascal Caucheteux
Cast
- Catherine Deneuve as Junon
- Jean-Paul Roussillon as Abel
- Anne Consigny as Elisabeth
- Mathieu Amalric as Henri
- Chiara Mastroianni as Sylvia
- Melvil Poupaud as Ivan
- Emmanuelle Devos as Faunia
- Hippolyte Girardot as Claude Dédalus
- Laurent Capelluto as Simon
- Émile Berling as Paul Dédalus
Production
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Studios: Why Not Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Wild Bunch, Bac Films
- Box office: $7,356,393
- Themes: christmas party, family secrets, dysfunctional family, alcoholism, banishment, transplant, mental illness, bone marrow transplant, christmas
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