---
title: 'A Christmas Tale (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arnaud Desplechin'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 147
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-christmas-tale-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993789/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Christmas Tale (2008)

2008 · 147 min · Drama, Comedy · France

Original title: Un conte de Noël

## Synopsis

A Christmas Tale is a 2008 French Christmas comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Arnaud Desplechin, starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuelle Devos and Chiara Mastroianni. It tells the story of a family with strained relationships which gathers at the parents' home for Christmas, having just learned that their mother has leukemia. It was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arnaud Desplechin](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnaud-desplechin)
- **Screenplay:** [Arnaud Desplechin](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnaud-desplechin), [Emmanuel Bourdieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuel-bourdieu)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Grégoire Hetzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregoire-hetzel)
- **Producer:** [Pascal Caucheteux](https://cinepixo.com/people/pascal-caucheteux)
- **Director of Photography:** [Éric Gautier](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-gautier)
- **Editor:** [Laurence Briaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-briaud)

## Cast

- [Melvil Poupaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvil-poupaud)
- [Mathieu Amalric](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathieu-amalric)
- [Philippe Morier-Genoud](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-morier-genoud)
- [Azize Kabouche](https://cinepixo.com/people/azize-kabouche)
- [Miglen Mirtchev](https://cinepixo.com/people/miglen-mirtchev)
- [Samir Guesmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/samir-guesmi)
- [Laurent Capelluto](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-capelluto)
- [Françoise Bertin](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-bertin)
- [Hélène Roussel](https://cinepixo.com/people/helene-roussel)
- [Beata Nilska](https://cinepixo.com/people/beata-nilska)
- [Hippolyte Girardot](https://cinepixo.com/people/hippolyte-girardot)
- [Chiara Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/chiara-mastroianni)
- [Jean-Paul Roussillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-roussillon)
- [Émile Berling](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-berling)
- [François Regnault](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-regnault)

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