A Christmas Tale

May. 21,2008      NR
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Catherine Deneuve as  Junon
Anne Consigny as  Elisabeth
Mathieu Amalric as  Henri
Chiara Mastroianni as  Sylvia
Melvil Poupaud as  Ivan
Emmanuelle Devos as  Faunia
Hippolyte Girardot as  Claude Dédalus
Laurent Capelluto as  Simon
Émile Berling as  Paul Dédalus

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