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Un conte de noël = Christmas tale / Why Not Productions présente ; un coproduction Why Not Productions ... [and others] ; un film de Arnaud Desplechin ; scénarío et dialogues, Arnaud Desplechin and Emmanuel Bourdieu ; [producer] Pascal Caucheteux.

LIBRA DVD PN1995.9.F35 C47 2009 disc 1-2 + booklet
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Desplechin, Arnaud, director, screenwriter.
Caucheteux, Pascal, producer.
Bourdieu, Emmanuel, screenwriter.
Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- actor.
Roussillon, Jean-Paul, actor.
Amalric, Mathieu, 1965- actor.
Consigny, Anne, actor.
Poupaud, Melvil, actor.
Devos, Emmanuelle, actor.
Mastroianni, Chiara, 1972- actor.
Berling, Emile, actor.
Girardot, Hippolyte, 1955- actor.
Capelluto, Laurent, actor.
Gautier, Eric, 1961- director of photography.
Briaud, Laurence, editor.
Hetzel, Grégoire, composer.
Why Not Productions Inc., producer.
Criterion Collection (Firm), distributor.
James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.
Series:
Criterion collection ; 492.
The Criterion collection ; 492
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Matriarchy--France--Drama.
Matriarchy.
Bone marrow--Transplantation--France--Drama.
Bone marrow.
Alienation (Social psychology)--France--Drama.
Alienation (Social psychology).
Christmas--France--Drama.
Christmas.
Families--France--Drama.
Families.
Mother and child--France--Drama.
Mother and child.
Family reunions--France--Drama.
Family reunions.
Bone marrow--Transplantation.
France.
Genre:
Comedy films.
Christmas films.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, French.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (18 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 18 cm).
polychrome
Edition:
Widescreen.
Other Title:
Title on container: Christmas tale
Place of Publication:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Language Note:
French dialogue, optional English subtitles.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround.
digital
optical
surround
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
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.
Contents:
Disc one: The film
disc two: The supplements.
Participant:
Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anee Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuelle Devos, Chiara Mastroianni, Emile Berling, Hippolyte Girardot, Laurent Capelluto.
Credits:
Cinematography, Eric Gautier ; editor, Laurence Briaud ; music, Grégoire Hetzel.
Notes:
DVD release of the 2008 motion picture.
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.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9781604651867
1604651865
OCLC:
432086424
Publisher Number:
715515048910
CC1850D Criterion Collection

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