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Le Père Noël

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Le Père Noël
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlexandre Coffre
Written byRachel Palmieri
Fabrice Carazzo
Alexandre Coffre
Laurent Zeitoun
Carol Noble
Yoann Gromb
Produced byArnaud Bertrand
Dominique Boutonnat
Hubert Caillard
Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky
Laurent Zeitoun
Yann Zenou
StarringTahar Rahim
Victor Cabal
CinematographyPierre Cottereau
Edited byHervé de Luze
Music byKlaus Badelt
Production
companies
Quad Productions
Atitlan
Mars Films
M6 Films
Kinology
La Compagnie Cinématographique
Panache Productions
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone
Proximus
Distributed byMars Distribution
Release date
  • 10 December 2014 (2014-12-10) (France)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget$10.8 million
Box office$3.5 million[1]

Le Père Noël is a 2014 French-Belgian comedy film directed by Alexandre Coffre and starring Tahar Rahim and Victor Cabal.[2]

Plot

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Six-year-old Antoine wishes for Christmas, in addition to lots of toys, to take Santa Claus on his sleigh ride so that he can visit his papa, who lives on a star in heaven - at least that's what his mother had always told him. When Antoine wakes up on Christmas night and looks up at the evening sky, a burglar suddenly lands on his balcony. Since he disguised himself as Santa Claus, the boy is convinced that his wish will now come true. But the man in the red and white coat simply climbs on to the next floor without admitting any presents. Of course that is not possible and Antoine climbs afterwards. The burglar tries everything to get rid of the boy, but he clings to him like a burr. When "Santa Claus" is unexpectedly checked by the police, he can quickly put his booty (coins and jewelry) in the boy's backpack so that he is not exposed. So the two stay together for the next few hours and the unequal couple moves through wintry Paris. Antoine is even "allowed" to help Santa Claus, because after a fall, "Santa's" climbing skills are limited and he uses the ignorant child for his own purposes. He owes someone money, which is why he inevitably uses this ruse. Antoine of course likes to be able to help "Santa Claus" and says he only has to steal the things so that Santa's sleigh can fly again. After a few break-ins, the couple threatens to be discovered and Antoine comes to the conclusion that this Santa Claus is probably not real after all. Antoine insists on bringing the things back. The burglar has developed a certain relationship with the boy over the course of the night and does not want to disappoint him, and since he actually stole everything because of his debts, he has an idea. He lures the man whom he had referred to Antoine as Knecht Ruprecht into a trap. He dumps the stolen goods under the Christmas tree of one of the families he stole with Antoine's help. This is now arrested by the police and "Santa Claus" brings Antoine back home, where his mother is still sleeping and had not noticed the absence of her boy.

Days later, Antoine goes to a toy store with his mother and meets the "burglar Santa Claus" there, but this time without a coat. They both look at each other and smile. Christmas can be so magical!

Cast

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See also

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References

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Cinema.dewrote: "Little Antoine befriends Santa Claus - not realizing that the man in red is a burglar (Tahar Rahim," A Prophet ") ... Great fun, more for adults."[3]

Filmdienst.de judged: "Contemplative entertainment film about the miracle of an" impossible friendship "between a skilled thief with a heart and a dreamy boy."[4]

  1. ^ "Le Père Noël (2014) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "Tahar Rahim dons his Santa hat for Le Père Noël". Cineuropa. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ Kritik zum Film bei Cinema.de, retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ Filmkritik bei Filmdienst.de, retrieved 1 January 2021.
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