Joyeux Noël trailer
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Best foreign film Oscar nominee Joyeux
Noël will finally be released in the US by Sony Pictures Classics (on a limited scale, of course, seeing
as how it's foreign and lacking in martial arts, and therefore no one will see it) in early March. The film tells the
extraordinary true story of a World War I Christmas Eve truce, during which German, French, and British soldiers
climbed out of their trenches to celebrate the holiday together. Described in Variety as "proudly
old-fashioned," with "multiple resonances for the current world," the movie has received uniformly
strong reviews and certainly deserves to be seen - and, obviously, an Oscar win (the ceremony takes place two days
after the film's US release) would help.In the meantime, a new American trailer (which, because I'm a huge sap, very nearly made me cry) has been released, so we can watch that as we await its release.
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2-02-2006 @ 12:03PM
Micha10589 said...
Actually, the reviews in Germany (and it is a German co-production) weren't exactly positive. Haven't seen it, but from what I've heard and seen (trailer) I wouldn't expect too much.
On the other hand, both "Sophie Scholl - The Final Days" and expeciall Paradise Now" are excellent. Have heard good things about the Italian one as well (Don't tell / La Bestia nel Cuore which means The Beast in the Heart)
I'm pretty sure that Paradise Now will win, by the way.
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2-19-2006 @ 2:04AM
Hanah said...
Despite what some say, Joyeux Noel is a truly powerful and insparational film. I am Australian, and the film was released here in December. I find it appauling that the film was given limited release in our cinemas, and even more so in the United States (where it si being screened four months after the rest of the world). Just because the film is foreign, does not feature any graphic fighting, car chases or high level sex scenes, it does not mean that it is not worthy of a general release. If the film was more heavily advertised it would have done extremely well.
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