cruelty is not war

Samson 2022-03-22 09:02:33

The British, German and French armies agreed to an armistice on Christmas Eve. The priest plays the bagpipe, the artist couple sings the champagne, the coffee, the cat and the fireworks. The priest gave the most special mass, and on this battlefield, everyone took off their national hats. Pray, chant. They buried their bodies, sad and peaceful. Cross, play football, play cards, chat. War makes people cherish peace and life more. "Let's fire the cannons in ten minutes and take shelter in our trenches." This is the friendship of human nature, regardless of war, country, or race.
These teams were finally punished to go to dangerous battlefields, the senior generals are really bastards! But they have no regrets about that merry Christmas. The harmonica is smashed, they still have throats, and they can hum those peaceful and free melodies...a movie that goes deep into the soul.
It's not the war that's cruel, it's the bastard careerists.

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  • Muriel 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    In my opinion, the plot is a bit exaggerated, but it is said that there are real events in history! PS, it is only French films that can make women so delicious! Just look at Diane Kruger!

  • Elmore 2022-03-15 09:01:05

    This kind of story must be adapted from real events. Because its degree of "weirdness" exceeds the audience's logical expectations for a specific situation! Renoir’s Great Phantom is just a relatively mild prisoner of war friendship. The film turned out to be a warm Christmas with a soprano battlefield intermittently in the bloody battlefield of World War I! The degree of completion is quite high, and some scenes are quite touching and thought-provoking, but I just feel that the whole incident is... incredible.

Joyeux Noel quotes

  • Ponchel: [watching Horstmayer and Gordon shake hands] A summit meeting, and we're not even invited.

  • Horstmayer: I heard last night about your wife. If you like, I can get a letter through to her.

    Lieutenant Audebert: Why would you do that? If you got caught...

    Horstmayer: [scoffs] One letter won't stop us winning the war. And anyhow, when we'll have taken Paris and it's over, you can invite us for a drink in Rue Vavin.

    Lieutenant Audebert: You don't have to invade Paris to drop round for a drink.