Season's Beatings

Overview

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?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 24, 1999

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French, English, Russian

Countries

France

Production

Canal+,TF1 Films Production,Les Films Alain Sarde,Pathé Distribution,Studio Images 6

Cast

Sabine Azéma,Emmanuelle Béart,Charlotte Gainsbourg,Claude Rich,Françoise Fabian,Jean-Pierre Darroussin,Isabelle Carré,Samuel Labarthe,Marie de Villepin

Director

Danièle Thompson

Writer

Danièle Thompson,Christopher Thompson

Producer

Alain Sarde,Christine Gozlan

Cinematography

Robert Fraisse

Music

Michel Legrand

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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