Will It Snow for Christmas?


1h 30m 1996

Brief Synopsis

An illegitimate brood of seven tightly knit siblings adore their young, long-suffering mother, but are used as slave labor by their tyranical father on a farm in southern France.

Film Details

Also Known As
Gibt es zu Weihnachten Schnee?, Will It Snow at Christmas?, Y'aura t'il de la neige a Noel?
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; Ognon Pictures; StudioCanal
Distribution Company
Zeitgeist Films; Argus Entertainment; Arsenal Filmverleih; Cinema Mondo; Curzon Artificial Eye; Filmladen Gmbh; Istituto Luce-Cinecitta; Les Productions Jmh; New Yorker Films; Palace Films; Pyramide Distribution; Zeitgeist Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

Synopsis

An illegitimate brood of seven tightly knit siblings adore their young, long-suffering mother, but are used as slave labor by their tyranical father on a farm in southern France.

Film Details

Also Known As
Gibt es zu Weihnachten Schnee?, Will It Snow at Christmas?, Y'aura t'il de la neige a Noel?
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; Ognon Pictures; StudioCanal
Distribution Company
Zeitgeist Films; Argus Entertainment; Arsenal Filmverleih; Cinema Mondo; Curzon Artificial Eye; Filmladen Gmbh; Istituto Luce-Cinecitta; Les Productions Jmh; New Yorker Films; Palace Films; Pyramide Distribution; Zeitgeist Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of 1996 Cesar Award for Best First Film.

Released in United States Winter December 17, 1997

Limited Release in United States December 17, 1997

Released in United States December 19, 1997

Released in United States on Video April 20, 1999

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States November 1996

Released in United States December 1996

Released in United States 1997

Released in United States June 1997

Released in United States October 1997

Shown at Filmfest DC in Washington, DC April 22 - May 3,

Awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Prize at the 1996 Cairo International Film Festival.

Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (out of competition) November 8-17, 1996.

Shown at Cairo International Film Festival December 2-15, 1996.

Awarded the 1997 Australian Film Critics Circle Award at the Sydney Film Festival.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.

Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 9-20, 1997.

Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Opening Night) East Hampton, New York October 15-19, 1997.

Feature directorial debut for Sandrine Veysset.

1998.

Released in United States Winter December 17, 1997

Limited Release in United States December 17, 1997 (New York City)

Released in United States December 19, 1997 (Los Angeles)

Released in United States on Video April 20, 1999

Released in United States 1996 (Awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Prize at the 1996 Cairo International Film Festival.)

Released in United States November 1996 (Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (out of competition) November 8-17, 1996.)

Released in United States December 1996 (Shown at Cairo International Film Festival December 2-15, 1996.)

Released in United States 1997 (Awarded the 1997 Australian Film Critics Circle Award at the Sydney Film Festival.)

Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.)

Released in United States June 1997 (Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 9-20, 1997.)

Released in United States October 1997 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Opening Night) East Hampton, New York October 15-19, 1997.)