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Top 10: Repeat Offenders in Arnaud Desplechin and Mathieu Amalric

In A Christmas Tale, Desplechin works once again with two of his favorites: Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Devos. This time out, it is Amalric who gets the more of the limelight and of course he finds himself in an unlikable role of an adult son with a major chip on his shoulder. Amalric previously worked with the director on My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument and Kings & Queen.

Eric Lavallée

Published on December 21, 2008

4. A Christmale Tale

Comments: In A Christmas Tale, Desplechin works once again with two of his favorites: Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Devos. This time out, it is Amalric who gets the more of the limelight and of course he finds himself in an unlikable role of an adult son with a major chip on his shoulder. Amalric previously worked with the director on My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument and Kings & Queen.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).