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A Christmas Tale / Un conte de Noël Series: 46th New York Film Festival [Sept. 26 – Oct. 12, 2008] Director: Arnaud Desplechin, Country: France, Release: 2008, Runtime: 150 Arnaud Desplechin comes home for Christmas in his outrageous, daring and emotionally bountiful new movie. Catherine Deneuve is Junon, the family matriarch, who greets the news of her life-threatening illness with calm equanimity. Jean-Paul Roussillon is her wise, tender husband. Desplechin regular Mathieu Amalric is the black sheep, banished from the family by his imperious sister (Anne Consigny, both actors last seen in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), who arrives with his bemused Jewish girlfriend (Emmanuelle Devos) in tow. Melvil Poupaud is the most sensitive of the children, happily married to the divine Chiara Mastroianni. It’s hard to miss with such a cast, but A Christmas Tale is much, much more than a good ensemble comedy. In this midwinter night’s dream, unrequited love collides with bitter resentment, nostalgic longing crosses paths with abject fear, and pure hatred gives way to vivacious affection. An IFC Films release. Arnaud Desplechin b. 1960, Roubaix, France 2007 L’Aimée 2004 Kings & Queen NYFF 2003 Playing ‘In the Company of Men’ 2000 Esther Kahn 1996 My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument NYFF 1992 La Sentinelle NYFF 1991 La vie des morts

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