Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)

Original title

Le père Noël est une ordure

Directed by

Jean-Marie Poiré

Genre

comedy film, burlesque, LGBTQ-related film, Christmas film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

TP

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 1,068 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Volunteers at a helpline for lonely people on Christmas Eve get thrown into one disaster after another. A series of absurd visitors and mistaken identities drive the night completely off the rails.

zanychaoticirreverentsillyfarcicalcampyraucousoffbeat

What happens

Santa Claus is a Stinker (French: Le père Noël est une ordure, lit. 'Father Christmas is a scumbag', or 'Father Christmas is a shit') is a French comedy play created in 1979 by the troupe Le Splendid and turned into a film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1982. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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