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Season's Beatings

'Tis the Season to be Jolly!
'Tis the Season to be Jolly!
Comedy, Drama - 1999
Season's Beatings
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6.3
71%
66
Christmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas, singing at a Russian restaurant, penniless, the mistress for the past 12 years of a man who will never leave his wife; Milla, the youngest, acerbic, lonesome. Christmas was when they learned their parents were divorcing 25 years ago. Over the next few days, yuletide depression, Louba's pregnancy, Sonia's crumbling marriage, Stanislas's overtures to Yvette, and Milla's attraction to the man who's her father's rent-free lodger lead each one to re-examine self, family, and hopes. Is renewal possible?
Director:
,
Danièle Thompson
Cast:
,
Isabelle Carré
,
Charlotte Gainsbourg
,
Emmanuelle Béart
,
Françoise Fabian
,
Sabine Azéma
,
Claude Rich
,
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
,
Samuel Labarthe
,
Marie de Villepin

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Details

Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
106 min
Release date:
24 Nov 1999
Country:
FR
Languages:
French, English, Russian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Elegantly folds together multiple storylines ... into a confection that is ultimately better because of its bitterness.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
21 Dec 2001
fresh:
Sparklingly acted by a fine ensemble cast.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
14 Dec 2001
fresh:
The tone is light, the Michel Legrand music is high in calories and the result is a very handsome, well-appointed soap opera.
– Edward Guthmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Nov 2001
rotten:
There's little originality.
– Charles Ealy,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Apr 2002
fresh:
Thompson keeps her focus (and ours) on the actors, most of whom have never been as luminous as they are here.
– Amy Taubin,
Village Voice,
15 Aug 2001
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