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Will It Snow for Christmas?
Will It Snow for Christmas?
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WILL IT SNOW FOR CHRISTMAS?

Y'aura-t-il de la neige à Noël?

Directed by Sandrine Veysset
France, 1996
Drama

Synopsis

A woman and her children have a hard life on their farm, which is worsened by the d father of the children, who treats them as his personal property. Used as expendable free labor and unable to leave, it is the woman’s love for her children that prevent her family from falling apart.

Synopsis

A woman and her children have a hard life on their farm, which is worsened by the d father of the children, who treats them as his personal property. Used as expendable free labor and unable to leave, it is the woman’s love for her children that prevent her family from falling apart.

Our take

A ‘90s classic of French childhood cinema, Sandrine Veysset’s miraculous debut is also a dazzling portrait of rural life and agriculture. Although Will It Snow for Christmas? doesn’t shy away from the arduousness of farming. It also captures the promise and pleasures of youth.