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It's Christmas!

Synopsis

After the death of her mother in-law, Mary, Charlie sets out a plan, a well-intentioned plan, but one that involves deceiving her husband, Wesley, his sister Jackie, her partner Lola, and grief-stricken father in-law, Samuel into thinking that Mary left rules for the family to follow in the lead up to Christmas. Wanting to believe their mother left some guidance to help heal the wounds of her absence the family comes together and follows the rules to the letter.

Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Features
Running time
83 min
Format
Digital
Director
Jamie Adams
Producer
Rebecca Miller, Cara Shine Ballarini, Shaun Sanghani
Editor
Marc Richardson
Screenwriter
Jamie Adams
Director of Photography
Jan Vrhovnik
Production Designer
Sofia Sacomani
Sound
Joe Gidley
Composer
Kevin Rowsell
Principal cast
Brittany Snow, Lucas Bravo, Simon Callow, Chloé Jouannet, Elektra Kilbey

Genre

Drama Comedy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

It's Christmas Film Limited

5 Tennyson Avenue
Wanstead
London
E11 2QN

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