A Christmas Tale(2008)

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Synopsis

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.
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 …
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In Theaters

  • November 14, 2008

MPAA Rating

Not Yet Rated

Genres

Comedy, Family, Foreign, Holiday, Drama

Run Time

2 hours 32 minutes

Distributors

IFC Films

Box Office

$1,060,602

Directors

CAST

Catherine Deneuve

Junon

Mathieu Amalric

Henri, their middle child

Melvil Poupaud

Ivan, their youngest child

Chiara Mastroianni

Sylvia, Ivan s wife

Anne Consigny

Elizabeth, their oldest child

Emmanuelle Devos

Faunia, Henri s Lover
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