La Bûche
Synopsis
"Hostile depression" is the kind that hits everyone - poor, rich, young, old - on Christmas Eve. This compulsory celebration - at once delightful and frightful - is a truth-telling moment for three sisters, Louba the singer, Sonia the lady, Milla the rebel. Likewise for their parents, Stanislas, retired Gypsy violinis, and Yvette, now a widow after the death of her second husbanb. It's not always merry, but there's plenty of laughter. A fine definition of life itself!
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (16)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Alain Sarde
- Co-production : TF1 Films Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : Pathé Films
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Alain Sarde
- Adaptation : Danièle Thompson
- Screenwriters : Christopher Thompson, Danièle Thompson
- Directors of Photography : Jean Harnois, Robert Fraisse
- Music Composer : Michel Legrand
- Editor : Isabelle Castro
- Sound recordists : Jean-Pierre Duret, William Flageollet
- Costume designer : Élisabeth Tavernier
- Press Attachés (film) : Dominique Segall, Laurent Renard
- Production Designer : Michèle Abbé
- Visual Effects : Bruno Maillard
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1999
- French release : 24/11/1999
- Runtime : 1 h 46 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 90.518
- Visa issue date : 12/11/1999
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
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News & awards
News (1)
Selections (7)
Awards (2)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2000
César Award for Best Supporting Actress : Charlotte Gainsbourg
Lumiere Awards
France, 2000
Meilleur scénario : Christopher Thompson
Meilleur scénario : Danièle Thompson
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About
I did what I wanted, the way I wanted. It's "my" film. I'm still astounded by it! For the first time, I won't have a feeling of success of failure by proxy, hidden behind my desk, busy writing another script for another director. I did it and it was just great. The camera, lighting, movement, rhythm, actors... Ah, the actors! I knew how much I admired them. I thought about them a lot, their mystery, fragility, power. I said to myself, if one day... and then the day came; they were mine at last. With each take we became a kind of passionate couple, each of us wanting to make the other feel good, sometimes is spite of ourselves. I discovered how much I'd missed them during these years of working solely in my imaginations. I wrote their words, but how would they say them? What pace? My obsession: how would they move, where would they be, near to or far from the camera? For the first time, I didn't have to give my baby up for adoption.
Danièle Thompson - Director, excerpt from the press folder
