Santa Claus Is a Stinker

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

1982 · 88 min · FR · 7.3 (1,085 votes)
Dir. Jean-Marie Poiré · Starring Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Anémone, Christian Clavier, Marie-Anne Chazel, Josiane Balasko · Music Vladimir Cosma

“"There was a very rude gentleman who wanted to fuck Therese!"”

Comedy

Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a cross-dresser visit their office.

VIBE

Dive into a riotously dark and utterly absurd Christmas Eve, where cynical humor meets escalating chaos. It's a wildly irreverent, character-driven farce that revels in the bizarre, offering a distinctly French take on holiday dysfunction and the delightfully marginal.

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