The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 2h 32m.
Synopsis
When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic84/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
178 audience votes
Key crew
- Arnaud DesplechinWriter
- Grégoire HetzelOriginal Music Composer
- Arnaud DesplechinDirector
- Emmanuel BourdieuWriter
Cast
- Catherine DeneuveJunon
- Jean-Paul RoussillonAbel
- Anne ConsignyElisabeth
- Mathieu AmalricHenri
- Chiara MastroianniSylvia
- Melvil PoupaudIvan
- Emmanuelle DevosFaunia
- Hippolyte GirardotClaude Dédalus
- Laurent CapellutoSimon
- Émile BerlingPaul Dédalus
- Françoise BertinRosaimée Vuillard
- Samir GuesmiSpatafora
Stills
Themes
christmas partyfamily secretsdysfunctional familyalcoholismbanishmenttransplantmental illnessbone marrow transplantchristmas