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The Christmas Tree (1969)

The Christmas Tree poster
Original title
L'Arbre de Noël
Directed by
Terence Young
Genre
drama film, Christmas film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
G
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 42 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A widowed father learns his young son has only a short time to live. He tries to make the boy's final Christmas as happy as possible.

sentimentaltragicslowemotionalsadfamily-centeredpoignant

What happens

L'Arbre de Noël (internationally released as The Christmas Tree) is a 1969 French-Italian drama film directed by Terence Young and starring William Holden, Bourvil and Virna Lisi. It was defined as "the most tearful film of sixties". The film was co-produced by Italy where it was released as L'albero di Natale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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