French suicide hotline + Christmas Eve + chaos = the most unhinged holiday film ever made.
Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.
Acting
The entire cast's synchronized nervous breakdown energy.
Writing
Dialogue so dense you'll miss jokes laughing at previous ones.
Direction
Galland keeps escalating without losing the live-theatre intimacy.
Director
Philippe Galland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This started as a Le Splendid theatre troupe stage play—the same collective behind 'Les Bronzés,' the most rewatched French film ever.
The infamous 'père Noël est une ordure' scene became shorthand in France for holiday meltdowns; the troupe still performs it live decades later.
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