Noël

• Director: Chazz Palminteri
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Holiday Film, Ensemble Film
• Themes: Crisis of Faith, Down on Their Luck, Unlikely Friendships
• Main Cast: Penélope Cruz, Susan Sarandon, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin, Marcus Thomas
• Release Year: 2004
• Country: US
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

A group of disparate characters look for understanding and compassion in the midst of a lonely holiday season in this comedy drama. Rose (Susan Sarandon) is a middle-aged divorcée whose mother is in the hospital with an advanced case of Alzheimer's disease; while Rose wants one more chance to tell her mother that she loves her, the woman doesn't even know who she is anymore. Mike (Paul Walker) is a police officer who has become the obsessive focus of an elderly waiter, Artie (Alan Arkin), who is convinced Mike is the reincarnation of his late wife. Meanwhile, Mike is engaged to marry the beautiful Nina (Penélope Cruz), but he's so consumed with jealousy and suspicion that she's not sure if she can go through with the wedding. And Jules (Marcus Thomas) is a street hustler who has only one fond memory of Christmas -- ending up in an emergency room, where the staff was holding a party. Jules wants to relive the experience, and is even willing to injure himself to do so. Noel was the first directorial effort from actor and playwright Chazz Palminteri. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Penélope Cruz - Nina
• Susan Sarandon - Rose
• Paul Walker - Mike
• Alan Arkin - Artie
• Marcus Thomas - Jules

Robin Williams - (Uncredited); John Doman; Daniel Sunjata; Sonny Marinelli; Billy Porter; Carmen Ejogo

Credit

André Chamberland - Art Director, Michael Klastorin - Associate Producer, Kim Olsen - Associate Producer, Kerry Barden - Casting, Nadia Rona - Casting, Billy Hopkins - Casting, Suzanne Smith - Casting, Margery Simkin - Casting, Rosina Bucci - Casting, James Mulay - Co-producer, Matt Luber - Co-producer, Renee April - Costume Designer, Martin Walters - First Assistant Director, Chazz Palminteri - Director, Susan E. Morse - Editor, Jonathan Dana - Executive Producer, Jeff Arnold - Executive Producer, Dan Adler - Executive Producer, James Mulay - Executive Producer, Madeline Gavant - Line Producer, Alan Menken - Composer (Music Score), Amanda Demme - Musical Direction/Supervision, Buck Damon - Musical Direction/Supervision, Carol Spier - Production Designer, Russell Carpenter - Cinematographer, Al Corley - Producer, Zvi Howard Rosenman - Producer, Bart Rosenblatt - Producer, Eugene Musso - Producer, Patrick Rousseau - Sound/Sound Designer, David Hubbard - Screenwriter

Similar Movies

Love Actually; Home for the Holidays; Playing by Heart; 13 Conversations About One Thing; Mind the Gap

also n.

1. Christmas.
2. noël also noel A Christmas carol.

[Middle English noel, from Old French, variant of nael, from Latin nātālis (diēs), (day) of birth, from nātus, past participle of nāscī, to be born.]

IN BRIEF: n. - Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - jul

Nederlands (Dutch)
Kerstmis

Français (French)
n. - Noël

Deutsch (German)
n. - Weihnachten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Χριστουγεννιάτικη περίοδος

Italiano (Italian)
Natale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - natal (m), canção (f) de natal, nome (m) de mulher

Русский (Russian)
рождество, рождественская песнь

Español (Spanish)
n. - Navidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - jul(en)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
圣诞节, 圣诞颂歌

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 聖誕節, 聖誕頌歌

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 크리스마스 축가, 남자이름

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - クリスマス, クリスマス祝歌, ノエル

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عيد الميلاد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חג המולד‬

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