A Christmas tale [videorecording] = Un conte de noël / Why Not Productions présente ; un coproduction Why Not Productions ... [et al.] ; un film de Arnaud Desplechin ; scénarío et dialogues, Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Bourdieu ; [producers] Pascal Caucheteux, Dany Sorlach'ti.
Format:
[videorecording] =
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
2 videodiscs (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuelle Devos, Chiara Mastroianni, Emile Berling, Hippolyte Girardot, Laurent Capelluto, Françoise Bertin, Samir Guesmi. Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. Special features: "L'aimée:" Desplechin's 2007 documentary about the selling of his family home; new documentary featuring interviews with Desplechin and actors Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve; original theatrical trailers; includes a booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Lopate.
Contents:
Disc one: The film -- disc two: The supplements.
Summary:
Junon is the matriarch of the troubled Vuillard family, who come together at Christmas when they learn she needs a bone marrow transplant from a blood relative. The Vuillard's shared history of physical and mental illness, estrangement, self harm, and loss doesn't lead itself to the idea of a cheerful holiday season. Hopefully the Christmastime reunion, a scheme concocted by three of the youngest family members, will finally bring peace to their family.
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