In Bed with Santa (1999)

Original title

Tomten är far till alla barnen

Directed by

Kjell Sundvall

Genre

black comedy film, Christmas film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

11

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple hosts a Christmas dinner where a former wife and other guests show up with complicated personal ties to the husband. The evening spirals into tense arguments and revelations under the pretense of holiday cheer.

wrychaoticdarkly comicuncomfortablesatiricalawkwardbiting

What happens

In Bed with Santa (Swedish: Tomten är far till alla barnen, "Santa is the father to all the children") is a Swedish black comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 November 1999, directed by Kjell Sundvall. A German remake was made in 2007 under the title Messy Christmas. A French remake was made in 2014 under the title Divin Enfant A Finnish remake was made in 2019 under the title Täydellinen joulu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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