A Christmas Tale Un conte de Noël
Directed by	Arnaud Desplechin
Produced by	Pascal Caucheteux
Written by	Arnaud Desplechin Emmanuel Bourdieu
Starring	Catherine Deneuve Jean-Paul Roussillon Anne Consigny Mathieu Amalric
Music by	Grégoire Hetzel
Cinematography	Eric Gautier
Editing by	Laurence Briaud
Distributed by	Why Not Productions
Release date(s)	16 May 2008 (Cannes) 21 May 2008 (France)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

A Christmas Tale (French: Un conte de Noël) is a 2008 French comedy/drama film by Arnaud Desplechin. It tells the story of a family with strained relationships. It was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Critical reception 2.1 Top ten lists 2.2 Reviews 2.3 Awards and nominations 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Cast

• Catherine Deneuve as Junon
• Jean-Paul Roussillon as Abel
• Anne Consigny as Elizabeth
• Mathieu Amalric as Henri
• Melvil Poupaud as Ivan
• Emmanuelle Devos as Faunia
• Chiara Mastroianni as Sylvia
• Hippolyte Girardot as Claude
• Romain Goupil as the Psychoanalyst

[edit] Critical reception

[edit] Top ten lists

The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008.^[1]

1st — Andrew O'Hehir, Salon[1] 1st — Dana Stevens, Slate[1] 1st — Josh Rosenblatt, The Austin Chronicle[1] 1st — Rick Groen , The Globe and Mail[1] 1st — Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Intelligencer[1] 1st — Shawn Levy, The Oregonian[1] 2nd — Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times (tied with The Class)[1] 2nd — Kimberly Jones, The Austin Chronicle[1] 2nd — Stephanie Zacharek, Salon[1]

3rd — Michael Philllips, Chicago Tribune[1] 4th — Lou Lumenick, New York Post[1] 5th — Ella Taylor, LA Weekly (tied with The Class)[1] 6th — Dennis Harvey, Variety[1] 7th — Scott Foundas, LA Weekly (tied with The Secret of the Grain)[1] 7th — Stephen Holden, The New York Times[1] 8th — Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail[1] 10th — Robert Mondello, NPR[1]

The film's cast was named the Best Ensemble of 2008 by the International Cinephile Society.

[edit] Reviews

• Lane, Anthony (24 November 2008). "The Current Cinema: Hard Times". The New Yorker 84 (38): 130–131. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2008/11/24/081124crci_cinema_lane. Retrieved 16 April 2009. 

[edit] Awards and nominations

• Broadcast Film Critics (USA)
  • Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film

• Cannes Film Festival (France)
  • Nominated: Golden Palm (Arnaud Desplechin)

• César Awards (France)
  • Won: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Jean-Paul Roussillon)
  • Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Anne Consigny)
  • Nominated: Best Cinematography (Eric Gautier)
  • Nominated: Best Director (Arnaud Desplechin)
  • Nominated: Best Editing (Laurence Briaud)
  • Nominated: Best Film
  • Nominated: Best Sound (Nicolas Cantin, Jean-Pierre Laforce and Sylvain Malbrant)
  • Nominated: Best Writing – Original (Emmanuel Bourdieu and Arnaud Desplechin)
  • Nominated: Most Promising Actor (Laurent Capelluto)

• Chicago Film Critics (USA)
  • Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film

• Étoiles d'Or (France)
  • Won: Best Director (Arnaud Desplechin)

• Online Film Critics Society (USA)
  • Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film

• Satellite Awards (USA)
  • Nominated: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy (Catherine Deneuve)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• A Christmas Tale at the Internet Movie Database
• A Christmas Tale
  Un conte de Noël at Allmovie
• A Christmas Tale at Rotten Tomatoes
• "Un conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale)". Film Details. Official Website of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10802804/year/2008.html. Retrieved 2008-05-19. 
• Trailer with English Subs

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