UN CONTE DE NOEL (A CHRISTMAS TALE)

Overview

Directed by:

Arnaud DESPLECHIN

Country:

FRANCE

Year:

2008

Duration:

150 minutes

Awards:

Special Prize for the 61st Festival Ex-aequo, 2008

Credits

Arnaud DESPLECHIN

- Director

Arnaud DESPLECHIN

- Screenplay

Emmanuel BOURDIEU

- Screenplay

Grégoire HETZEL

- Music

Nicolas CANTIN

- Sound

Jean-Pierre LAFORCE

- Sound

Sylvain MALBRANT

- Sound

Laurence BRIAUD

- Film Editor

Eric GAUTIER

- Cinematography

Dan BEVAN

- Set Designer

Actors

Mathieu AMALRIC

- Henri

Laurent CAPELLUTO

- Simon

Anne CONSIGNY

- Elizabeth

Catherine DENEUVE

- Junon

Emmanuelle DEVOS

- Faunia

Hippolyte GIRARDOT

- Claude

Chiara MASTROIANNI

- Sylvia

Melvil POUPAUD

- Ivan

Jean-Paul ROUSSILLON

- Abel

Synopsis

Abel and Junon had two children, Joseph and Elizabeth. Victim of a rare genetic condition, Joseph's only hope was a bone marrow transplant. As they and Elizabeth were incompatible, his parents conceived a third child in the hope of saving their son. But little Henri too was unable to help his brother, and Joseph died at the age of seven.
The Vuillard family has never recovered. Many years have passed, and family relationships are more strained than ever. In particular, those between Elizabeth, authoritarian head of the family and Henri, a cynical drop out who divides his time between women and drink. After a violent argument, Elizabeth banishes her feckless brother, cutting him off from his nephew, her son Paul - a tortured adolescent beset by serious mental problems.

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