Director:
Christian CarionGuión:
Christian CarionCámara:
Walther Vanden EndeMúsica:
Philippe RombiReparto:
Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon, Daniel Brühl, Lucas Belvaux, Robin Laing, Bernard Le Coq, Ian Richardson (más)Sinopsis(1)
Cuando estalla la guerra, en pleno verano de 1914, sorprende y arrastra en su torbellino a millones de hombres. Y luego, llega Navidad, con su nieve y sus miles de regalos enviados por las familias y los Estados Mayores. Pero la sorpresa no vendrá en los generosos paquetes que pueblan las trincheras francesas, escocesas y alemanas. Esa noche, un increíble acontecimiento transformará para siempre el destino de cuatro personajes: un pastor escocés, un lugarteniente francés, un tenor alemán y una soprano danesa - las "stars" de la época - que aprovechando la noche de Nochebuena de 1914, se encontrarán inmersos en un episodio de fraternización sin precedentes entre soldados alemanes, franceses y británicos (DeAPlaneta)
(más)Reseñas (3)
It’s not bad but it could have been so much better. The director and screenwriter in one person failed to create interesting characters, and as a result, the potentially compelling story loses a lot. But if you are easily moved, you won't regret paying for a ticket. I wouldn't watch it a second time for any reason, though.
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Cheap and calculating. But it really happened (and the fact that it wasn’t all so black and white doesn’t really matter. I don’t know if it is just because it’s Christmastide, but despite all three nations’ talent at speaking Czech (thanks to the awful dubbing), this Sunday evening story from the front moved me. Not much, but a little. Perhaps it’s because I can recall the situation from a different, and better movie. Including one excellent British (?) documentary about it.
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The film delves into a well-known episode of the First World War, one that disrupted the peaceful slumber of the higher command on both sides of the Western Front. For a front-line commander, there's nothing worse than soldiers realizing that the enemy in the trenches isn't all that different from themselves. When ordinary soldiers start seeing their foes as fellow human beings despite all the indoctrination, morale takes a nosedive, something that must be promptly prevented. This could have been a fantastic film if the creators had taken a more restrained approach. Instead, it veered into a realm of melodrama and clichés, gradually morphing into what felt like a farce. The final switch of trenches was the tipping point. Yes, war is chaotic, message received, but if the creators had presented it to me without unnecessary silliness, I could have appreciated their effort more and rated it higher.
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