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A Christmas Tale
The dilemma. The reunion
The dilemma. The reunion
Comedy, Drama - 2008
A Christmas Tale
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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.
Director:
,
Arnaud Desplechin
Cast:
,
Catherine Deneuve
,
Anne Consigny
,
Mathieu Amalric
,
Emmanuelle Devos
,
Chiara Mastroianni
,
Hippolyte Girardot
,
Jean-Paul Roussillon
,
Melvil Poupaud
,
Émile Berling
,
Hélène Darras

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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
152 min
Release date:
16 May 2008
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$7,356,393
Awards:
5 wins & 35 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
In this dark comedy everyone is at the end of someone else's strings.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
12 Dec 2008
rotten:
You could, of course, forgive the whole enterprise as the extravagances of an intellectual fairytale, but the film's wayward eccentricities outweigh its good performances and breezy telling of a jumble of a plot.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
16 Jan 2009
fresh:
Desplechin is an inspired impurist. His Christmas Tale is untidy, overstuffed and delicious: a genuine holiday feast.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
6 Dec 2013
fresh:
Despite occasional bouts of tedium over the epic course, a surprising buoyancy emerges: Desplechin's methods begin to inform, even brighten, the message.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
6 Dec 2013
fresh:
[Desplechin] has skill, patience, empathy, and insight; quickened by the holiday occasion, they make the title of his film ultimately, if unconventionally, right.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
10 Dec 2014
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