The read
A Balasaur Score of 65 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 71%, Metacritic 66/100. Every source lands within 8 points of the others.
Synopsis
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?
Ratings
91 audience votes
Key crew
- Danièle ThompsonDirector
- Christopher ThompsonWriter
- Danièle ThompsonWriter
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sabine AzémaLouba
- Emmanuelle BéartSonia
- Charlotte GainsbourgMilla Robin
- Claude RichStanislas
- Françoise FabianYvette
- Jean-Pierre DarroussinGilbert
- Isabelle CarréAnnabelle
- Samuel LabarthePierre
- Marie de VillepinMarie
