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Friday, 17 July 2009

A Christmas Tale (2008)

Posted on 04:21 by uthpa
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France
Feature Film
Original Title: Un conte de Noël
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Writers: Emmanuel Bourdieu, Arnaud Desplechin
Cinematographer: Eric Gautier
Composer: Grégoire Hetzel
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Anne Consigny, Mathieu Amalric, Melvil Poupaud, Hippolyte Girardot, Emmanuelle Devos, Chiara Mastroianni, Laurent Capelluto, Emile Berling

Excellent performances abound from the wonderfully assembled cast in Desplechin’s entertaining family comedy/drama, in which members of the brilliant but dysfunctional Vuillards gather together for Christmas, for the first time in six years, as Deneuve’s matriarch’s health begins to fail, but the playful director’s frequent stylistic flourishes range from occasionally enchanting to often merely distracting. Iain.Stott
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