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The Log

Original title: La bûche
  • 19991999
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.8K
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POPULARITY
85,996
30,906
The Log (1999)
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ComedyDrama
Christmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas, ... Read allChristmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas, singing at a Russian restaurant, penniless, the mistress for the past 12 years of a man wh... Read allChristmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas, singing at a Russian restaurant, penniless, the mistress for the past 12 years of a man who will never leave his wife; Milla, the youngest, acerbic, lonesome. Christmas was when th... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
85,996
30,906
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    • Director
      • Danièle Thompson
    • Writers
      • Danièle Thompson
      • Christopher Thompson
    • Stars
      • Sabine Azéma
      • Emmanuelle Béart
      • Charlotte Gainsbourg
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Danièle Thompson
    • Writers
      • Danièle Thompson
      • Christopher Thompson
    • Stars
      • Sabine Azéma
      • Emmanuelle Béart
      • Charlotte Gainsbourg
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations

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    Sabine Azéma
    Sabine Azéma
    • Louba
    Emmanuelle Béart
    Emmanuelle Béart
    • Sonia
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
    • Milla Robin
    Claude Rich
    Claude Rich
    • Stanislas
    Françoise Fabian
    Françoise Fabian
    • Yvette
    Christopher Thompson
    • Joseph
    Jean-Pierre Darroussin
    Jean-Pierre Darroussin
    • Gilbert
    Isabelle Carré
    Isabelle Carré
    • Annabelle
    Samuel Labarthe
    Samuel Labarthe
    • Pierre
    Françoise Brion
    Françoise Brion
    • Janine
    Hélène Fillières
    Hélène Fillières
    • Véronique
    Thierry Hancisse
    Thierry Hancisse
    • Le fleuriste
    Marie de Villepin
    Marie de Villepin
    • Marie
    Didier Becchetti
    Didier Becchetti
    • L'escort-boy
    Jean-Pierre Marino
    • Le cardiologue
    Neil Ingle
    • Arthur
    Liliana Delahaye
    • Mathilde
    Matteo D'Amico
    • Régis
    • Director
      • Danièle Thompson
    • Writers
      • Danièle Thompson
      • Christopher Thompson
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Marie de Villepin is of French ancestry.
    • Crazy credits
      Includes a recipe for Christmas dinner for twelve.
    • Connections
      References The 400 Blows (1959)
    • Soundtracks
      Le Temps des Fleurs
      (Those Were the Days)

      Written by Eugene Raskin

      French lyrics by Eddy Marnay

      Performed by Svetlana de Loutchek

    User reviews22

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    "Three Sisters" celebrate Christmas in Paris or Anton Chekhov would've smiled:
    Three sisters, the Parisians with the sweet Russian names, Sonya, Lyuba and Milla and their parents who have been divorced for 25 years but still have a lot to say to each other are in the center of this charming, clever, funny, touching and poignant dramedy that takes place one year in Paris from December 20 till Christmas Eve. It will start with the funeral and it will end with the Christmas party in which all members of this dysfunctional family participate but many events will happen before the party, important decisions will be taken, life-changing revelations will occur and all of it with the background of incredible Paris decorated for Christmas and the sound of beloved Christmas songs and some unforgettable Russian and Jewish songs. Danièle Thompson directed a marvelous movie for which she and her son Christian (who also stars) wrote a script. Three beautiful and talented actresses play the sisters. Sabine Azéma is Lyuba, the older of the three (the songs that she performers in a Russian cabaret almost reduce me to tears), Emmanuelle Béart is Sonya, the only one of the sisters who seems to have found happiness in her picture perfect family life but there is more than meets the eye. Charlotte Gainsbourg (the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, a very talented young actress whom I like in everything I've seen her) is Milla, the youngest sister, a brilliant computer programmer, the rebel and the loner who spends all her time at work.
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    • Release date
      • November 24, 1999 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Besos para todos
    • Filming locations
      • Marché d'Intérêt National, Rungis, Val-de-Marne, France
    • Production companies
      • Canal+
      • Les Films Alain Sarde
      • Studio Images 6
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $238,754
    • Gross worldwide
      • $238,754
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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