Santa Claus Is a Stinker returns to the big screen in a restored version. Tamasa is bringing back this comedy by Jean-Marie Poiré, starring Anémone and the actors of the Splendid.
One Christmas Eve, Pierre and Thérèse are manning the SOS Détresse-Amitié helpline. Visitors come and go, turning the association’s premises into a setting for misunderstandings and disasters. The story turns this festive night into a pressure cooker where loneliness, conflict and awkwardness collide.
Adapted from the play created by the Splendid troupe, the film features Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot and Christian Clavier, alongside Anémone. Dark humor and theatrical mechanics shape this French comedy.
This theatrical re-release offers a chance to rediscover the film in a Studiocanal restoration. The ADRC has included it in its series devoted to Christmas in cinema.
For more, check out our selection of films to see in theaters in December, our guide to films currently showing in theaters, and the Christmas movies to see in theaters.
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