Junon is the matriarch of the troubled Vuillard family, who come together at Christmas after she learns she needs a bone marrow transplant from a blood relative. The Vuillard's shared history of physical and mental illness, estrangement, self harm, and loss doesn't lead itself to the idea of a cheerful holiday season. Hopefully the Christmastime reunion, a scheme concocted by three of the youngest family members, will finally bring peace to their family.
IFC Films ; Why Not Productions ; producer, Pascal Caucheteux ; screenplay by Arnaud Desplechin and Emmanuel Bourdieu ; directed by Arnaud Desplechin.
Title from disc label.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Special features: New, restored High-Definition digital transfer, supervised by director Arnaud Desplechin; "L'aim©♭e:" Desplechin's 2007 documentary about the selling of his family home; new documentary featuring interviews with Desplechin and actors Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve; original theatrical trailers; includes a booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Lopate.
Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anee Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuelle Devos, Chiara Mastroianni, Emile Berling, Hippolyte Girardot, Laurent Capelluto.
Cinematography, Eric Gautier ; editor, Laurence Briaud ; music, Gr©♭goire Hetzel.
DVD, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital surround.
French dialogue, English subtitles.
