Season's Beatings

Season's Beatings
Season's Beatings
	Film poster
Directed by	Danièle Thompson
Written by	Christopher Thompson; Danièle Thompson
Produced by	Christine Gozlan
Starring	Sabine Azéma; Emmanuelle Béart; Charlotte Gainsbourg; Claude Rich; Françoise Fabian
Cinematography	Robert Fraisse
Edited by	Emmanuelle Castro
Music by	Michel Legrand
Production; companies	Les films Alain Sarde; Studio Images 6; Le Studio Canal+; TF1 Films Productions
Distributed by	Pathé
Release date	24 November 1999;
Country	France
Languages	French; English; Russian
Budget	$8.4 million
Box office	$22.7 million

Season's Beatings (French: La Bûche) is a French comedy-drama film directed by Danièle Thompson, released in 1999.

Plot

Following the recent death of her second husband, for Christmas, Yvette tries to meet the three daughters from her first marriage with Stanislas, the gypsy violinist, again. During the preparations, questions and revelations are well underway from Louba, the artist, Sonia, the middle child and Milla, the rebel.

Yvette and Stanislas' daughters dreaded celebrating Christmas festivities because it coincides with the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. Ever since Yvette's divorce from Stanislas, and her remarriage, the siblings have had a strained relationship with their mother.^[2]

Yvette and her daughters had an emotional reunion and reconciliation following the tragedy that took the life of her second husband.

Cast

Sabine Azéma as Louba
Emmanuelle Béart as Sonia
Charlotte Gainsbourg as Milla
Claude Rich as Stanislas
Françoise Fabian as Yvette
Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Gilbert
Isabelle Carré as Annabelle
Samuel Labarthe as Pierre
Françoise Brion as Janine
Christopher Thompson as Joseph
Hélène Fillières as Véronique
Marie de Villepin as Marie

Critical response

On Metacritic the film has a score of 66 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[3]

Accolades

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
César Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Claude Rich	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Charlotte Gainsbourg	Won
	Best Writing	Christopher Thompson and Danièle Thompson	Nominated
	Best First Feature Film		Nominated
Lumières Awards	Best Screenplay	Christopher Thompson and Danièle Thompson	Won

References

^ JP. "La Bûche (1999)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
^ Charlotte Gainsbourg: From Grim Pain to Hell in Eden The New York Times. 03 June 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2014
^ "La bûche". Metacritic.

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[1] JP. "La Bûche (1999)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.

[2] Charlotte Gainsbourg: From Grim Pain to Hell in Eden The New York Times. 03 June 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2014

[3] "La bûche". Metacritic.

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