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Joyeux Noel
2005
· Movie
· 116 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1080
- IMDb #952
- Rotten Tomatoes #1488
- Metacritic #1019
- Letterboxd #1474
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2488
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #680
- Metacritic Critics #1476
- Metacritic Audience #462
- Criticker #851
- Kinopoisk #550
- AlloCiné #1131
- Trakt #722
Every rating
60–92
out of 100
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…
Details
- Director
- Christian Carion
- Writer
- Christian Carion
- Released
- 9 November 2005
- Country
- Belgium, France, Germany, Romania, United Kingdom
- Language
- French, German, English, Latin
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $22.0M
- Box office
- $17.7M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →3 wins from 12 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2005 | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year | Nominee | |
| BAFTA Film Award 2005 | Best Film not in the English Language | Christophe Rossignon and Christian Carion | Nominee |
| César Awards 2005 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| César Awards 2005 | Best Supporting Actor | Dany Boon | Nominee |
| César Awards 2005 | Best Original Screenplay | Christian Carion | Nominee |
| César Awards 2005 | Best Original Music | Philippe Rombi | Nominee |
| César Awards 2005 | Best Costume Design | Alison Forbes-Meyler | Nominee |
| César Awards 2005 | Best Production Design | Jean-Michel Simonet | Nominee |
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César Awards
6 nominations
| Best Costume Design | Alison Forbes-Meyler | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Original Music | Philippe Rombi | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christian Carion | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Jean-Michel Simonet | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dany Boon | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film of the Year | Nominee |
BAFTA Film Award
1 nomination
| Best Film not in the English Language | Christophe Rossignon and Christian Carion | Nominee |
Golden Globes
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Leeds International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Audience Award | Winner | |
| Best Feature | Christian Carion | Winner |
Valladolid International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Critics' Award | Winner |