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A Christmas Tale (French: Un conte de Noël) is a 2008 French Christmas comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Arnaud Desplechin, starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuelle Devos and Chiara Mastroianni.
Nov 21, 2008 · A Christmas Tale. The troubled Vuillard family is no stranger to illness, grief, and banishment, but when their matriarch requires a bone-marrow transplant, the estranged clan reunites just in time for Christmas.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Arnaud Desplechin
- 2008-11-21
May 21, 2008 · Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again. When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion.
"A Christmas Tale" skates on thin ice across a crowded lake, arrives safely on the far shore, and shares a cup of hot cocoa and marshmallows with Death. It stars Catherine Deneuve as a woman dying of liver cancer and considering a bone marrow transplant that could also kill her.
In Arnaud Desplechin’s beguiling A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), Catherine Deneuve brings her legendary poise to the role of Junon, matriarch of the troubled Vuillard family, who come together at Christmas after she learns she needs a bone marrow transplant from a blood relative.
- Junon
Nov 13, 2008 · Directed by Arnaud Desplechin. Comedy, Drama. Not Rated. 2h 30m. By A.O. Scott. Nov. 13, 2008. Late in “A Christmas Tale” Abel Vuillard (Jean-Paul Roussillon), the mirthful, patient patriarch...
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.
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