Season's Beatings (1999)

  • NR
  • 12/20/1999 (US)
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 1h 46m

'Tis the Season to be Jolly!

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?

Danièle Thompson

Director, Writer

Christopher Thompson

Writer

Cast

Sabine Azéma's headshot

Sabine Azéma

Louba
Emmanuelle Béart's headshot

Emmanuelle Béart

Sonia
Charlotte Gainsbourg's headshot

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Milla Robin
Claude Rich's headshot

Claude Rich

Stanislas
Françoise Fabian's headshot

Françoise Fabian

Yvette
Jean-Pierre Darroussin's headshot

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Gilbert
Isabelle Carré's headshot

Isabelle Carré

Annabelle
Samuel Labarthe's headshot

Samuel Labarthe

Pierre

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