Monday Night Cinema

A Christmas Tale

(Un conte de Noël)

Director Arnaud Desplechin comes home for Christmas in this outrageous, daring and emotionally bountiful film.

The troubled Vuillard family is no stranger to illness, grief, and banishment, but when their matriarch (Catherine Deneuve, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) requires a bone-marrow transplant, the estranged clan reunites just in time for Christmas.

In this midwinter night’s dream, unrequited love collides with bitter resentment and pure hatred gives way to vivacious affection.