A Christmas Tale
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Arnaud Desplechin
Catherine Deneuve
Mathieu Amalric
Melvil Poupaud
Chiara Mastroianni
Anne Consigny
Film Details
Technical Specs
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.
Director
Arnaud Desplechin
Cast
Catherine Deneuve
Mathieu Amalric
Melvil Poupaud
Chiara Mastroianni
Anne Consigny
Emmanuelle Devos
Samir Guesmi
Helene Darras
Laurent Capelluto
Jean-paul Roussillon
Hippolyte Girardot
Emile Berling
Thomas Obled
Clement Obled
Francoise Bertin
Azize Kabouche
Crew
Sylvie Aid
Dan Bevan
Emmanuel Bourdieu
Laurence Briaud
Nicolas Cantin
Martine Cassinelli
Pascal Caucheteux
Arnaud Desplechin
Agnes Feuvre
+ric Gautier
Grtgoire Hetzel
Jean-pierre Laforce
Sylvain Malbrant
Mina Matsumura
Eric Monteil
Benoit Pilot
Nathalie Raoul
Gabriele Roux
Frederic Souquet
Stephane Touitou
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 14, 2008
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States October 2008
Shown at New York Film Festival September 26-October 12, 2008.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Spotlight on France) September 25-October 10, 2008.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Gala Presentation) October 16-29, 2008.
Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 15-30, 2008.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 2-10, 2008.
Inspired by the book "La Greffe" written by Jacques Ascher and Jean-Pierre Jouet.
Released in United States Fall November 14, 2008 (NY)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Special Screenings) October 30-November 9, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 26-October 12, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Spotlight on France) September 25-October 10, 2008.)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Gala Presentation) October 16-29, 2008.)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 15-30, 2008.)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 2-10, 2008.)
Co-winner of the Special Prize for the 61st Festival award (Catherine Deneuve) at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
