The Log
La bûche
1999, Film, 106 min, Comedy, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 63
'Tis the Season to be Jolly!
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?
Directed by Danièle Thompson
Cast
- Sabine Azéma as Louba
- Emmanuelle Béart as Sonia
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Milla Robin
- Claude Rich as Stanislas
- Françoise Fabian as Yvette
- Christopher Thompson as Joseph
- Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Gilbert
- Isabelle Carré as Annabelle
- Samuel Labarthe as Pierre
- Françoise Brion as Janine
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