Enye yamafilimu aseFrance athola izindondo eziningi eCannes 2008 kwaba IConte de Noel, idrama eqondiswe ngabathandekayo U-Arnaud desplechin (Amakhosi nendlovukazi).
Kuleli thuba, I-Desplechin ukwazile ukuqoqa isoka lokunethezeka futhi azicwilise, futhi, ezihlokweni esezivele ziyingxenye yomsebenzi wakhe, njenge Izibopho zomndeni namadrama, ubukhona bokufa, ubudlelwano obusondelene nabalingiswa nezimo eziphikisanayo.
Abalingisi nabalingisi abakha i- Abalingisi baphezulu: uCatherine Deneuve, uMathieu Amalric, u-Anne Consigny, uMelvil Poupaud, uJean-Paul Roussillon, u-Emmanuelle Devos noChiara Mastroianni, ukubiza nje okuyinhloko.
Indaba ilandisa ngempilo ka umndeni obhekene nesidingo sokufakelwa kukamama (Deneuve), kanye nokufunwa kwezihlobo ezihambisanayo ngomnikelo. Umbango udalulwa lapho bethola ukuthi munye kuphela wezingane, umlutha wotshwala uqobo, nomzukulu onezinkinga zengqondo okwazi ukunikela.
Ifilimu ithatha amahora angaphezu kwamabili nje kuphela, iskripthi besisebenza ndawonye ngu U-Arnaud Desplechin no-Emmanuel Bourdieu; ingoma ibiphethe UGrégoire Hetzel nomkhiqizi kwakunguPascal Caucheteux.