Catherine Deneuve

Dazzling Dame Deneuve Can Stuff My Goose Anytime

Sparkling matriarch: Catherine Deneuve in <i>A Christmas Tale</i>.
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Sparkling matriarch: Catherine Deneuve in A Christmas Tale.

A Christmas Tale
Running Time 150 minutes
Written by Arnaud Desplechin and Emmanuel Bourdieu
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Anne Cosigny, Mathieu Amalric

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