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Junon and Abel are the parents of three grown children: Elizabeth, a melancholic playwright with a mathematician husband and a tortured teenage son, Paul; Henri, the self-destructive black sheep, banished from family events by Elizabeth five years prior; youngest Ivan, the peacemaker, is married to the beautiful Sylvia and has two eccentric little boys; while a fourth--Joseph, the eldest--died from leukemia as a boy. When the disease reappears again in the family, all are tested to see who can be a donor, and then everyone--including lovesick cousin Simon and Henri's girlfriend, Faunia--return home for a long Christmas weekend. All crowded again under the same roof, solidarity quickly--and hilariously--devolves into feuding, drunkenness and bed-hopping, as everyone struggles to make sense of the mysteries of family, life, and what lies ahead.
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| Also Known As: |
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Tale
Conte De Noel
Un Conte De Noel
Une Conte De Noel: Roubaix!
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| Genres: |
Art/Foreign, Drama, Kids/Family and Holiday |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 32 min. |
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| Release Date: |
November 14th, 2008 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
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| Distributors: |
IFC Films
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| Production Co.: |
Why Not Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Wild Bunch
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$1,060,602 |
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| Produced in: |
France |
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