Movie Review:
Genre: Drama, War
Runtime: 115 minutes
Release Date: March 3rd, 2006
JOYEAUX NOEL, or MERRY CHRISTMAS, is an international production about the Christmas armistice between the Allies and the Germans in World War I in 1914. It tells what happens when a group of French, Scottish and German soldiers decide on their own to call a truce on Christmas Eve to celebrate the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ, and share some Christian brotherhood. Even a German Jewish officer is moved by the Catholic mass and singing that occurs during the Christmas celebrations. The war, however, eventually intrudes on the celebration.
