{"id":1063,"date":"2021-12-13T21:31:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T21:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2024-11-12T20:37:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:37:03","slug":"christmas-movie-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/2021\/12\/13\/christmas-movie-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas movie night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Check out our recommendations for foreign Christmas movies to watch this year<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joyeux No\u00ebl<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This powerful film recreates the true story of French, German and British troops locked in trench warfare who decide to lay down their weapons on Christmas Eve, 1914, and come forward to shake hands and play football. The movie is light on trench warfare and focuses more on the soldiers coming together to celebrate their similarities\u2014their Christian faith and love of music and French wine\u2014in spite of it all. This act of grace is profound, but sadly, also temporary. For all the budding linguists out there \u2013 this one is in a mixture of French, German and English (very exciting)! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Dinner For One<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This classic is broadcast across several German TV channels and is a must-watch for Germans in the New Year. Otherwise known as \u2018Der 90. Geburtstag\u2019,\u202fA Dinner for One\u202fshows a butler struggling to help his employer to celebrate an annual dinner party which consists of several courses and lots of drinks. The ensuing mishaps provide predictably funny results. This is one to watch if you fancy some slapstick comedy on New Year\u2019s Eve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vacanze di Natale <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vacanze di Natale\u202ftakes place on the festive slopes of Cortina D\u2019Ampezzo in Northern Italy where a man from Rome, falls in love with an American woman who is spending the holidays with her boyfriend. It starts with the familiar trope of two families, one \u201crefined\u201d and the other \u201cvulgar,\u201d running into each other again and again during their Christmas vacations in the resort. The storyline includes a convoluted love plot and lots of skiing action shots. So, if you love Italy, and you really love \u201880s movies, this is the film for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alles ist Liebe<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This 2014 German film is essentially Europe\u2019s slightly less well-known\u202fLove Actually<\/em>.\u202fAlles ist Liebe<\/em>\u202fis the tale of ten men and women in Frankfurt whose stories intersect during the Christmas season. Following a remarkably similar format to\u202fLove Actually<\/em>,\u202fAlles ist Liebe<\/em>\u202fis based on\u202fAlles is Liefde<\/em>, a 2007 Dutch film which itself was a reinterpretation of\u202fLove Actually<\/em>. So basically, you could argue that\u202fLove Actually<\/em>\u202fhas created its own genre of international film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8 femmes<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Set at an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s France, a family is gathered for the holiday season. But there will be no celebration \u2013 their beloved patriarch has been murdered. The killer can only be one of the eight women closest to the man of the house. Comedic situations arise with the revelations of the dark family secrets with this all-female all-star cast including Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant and Emmanuelle B\u00e9art, each playing tongue-in-cheek caricatures, from a scheming sister to a glamorous wife and bookish daughter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Klaus <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this colourful family friendly Spanish animation, the Postal Academy\u2019s worst student, Jesper, is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets a local, Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys, and subsequently brings about the genesis of Santa Claus. The story is very familiar and this heart-warming movie would be enjoyed by anybody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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