Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989)

Original title

Buon Natale, buon anno

Directed by

Luigi Comencini

Genre

comedy drama, Christmas film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in her 50s decides to live each day as if it were Christmas Eve, bringing joy and chaos to her family. The story follows her unconventional approach to life and the reactions of those around her during the holiday season.

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What happens

Buon Natale... buon anno (internationally released as Merry Christmas... Happy New Year) is a 1989 Italian comedy drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is based on the 1986 novel with the same name by Pasquale Festa Campanile. For this film Virna Lisi was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for best actress. The film was coproduced with France where it was released as Joyeux Noël, bonne année. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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