CinemaOSMovie · 1999 · 1h 46m

Season's Beatings

'Tis the Season to be Jolly!

59%(91)IMDbDramaComedy

Christmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas, singing at a Russian restaurant, penniless, the mistress for the past 12 years of a man who will never leave his wife; Milla, the youngest, acerbic, lonesome. Christmas was when they learned their parents were divorcing 25 years ago. Over the next few days, yuletide depression, Louba's pregnancy, Sonia's crumbling marriage, Stanislas's overtures to Yvette, and Milla's attraction to the man who's her father's rent-free lodger lead each one to re-examine self, family, and hopes. Is renewal possible?

Directed byDanièle Thompson

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 46m
Language
FR
Released
November 24, 1999
Studios
Les Films Alain SardeTF1 Films Production

Featuring

Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring
Sabine Azéma

Sabine Azéma

Louba

Emmanuelle Béart

Emmanuelle Béart

Sonia

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Milla Robin

Claude Rich

Claude Rich

Stanislas

Françoise Fabian

Françoise Fabian

Yvette

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Gilbert

Isabelle Carré

Isabelle Carré

Annabelle

Samuel Labarthe

Samuel Labarthe

Pierre

Marie de Villepin

Marie de Villepin

Marie

Creative team
Directed by
Danièle Thompson
Danièle Thompson
Written by
Christopher Thompson
Christopher Thompson
Danièle Thompson
Danièle Thompson
Produced by
Alain Sarde
Alain Sarde

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