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The Log

The Log (1999)★ 6.3/10

FR · 106 min · November 24, 1999

  • Comedy
  • Drama

Directed by: Danièle Thompson

Written by: Danièle Thompson, Christopher Thompson

Christmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas, singing at a Russian restaurant, penniless, the mistress for the past 12 years of a man who will never leave his wife; Milla, the youngest, acerbic, lonesome. Christmas was when they learned their parents were divorcing 25 years ago. Over the next few days, yuletide depression, Louba's pregnancy, Sonia's crumbling marriage, Stanislas's overtures to Yvette, and Milla's attraction to the man who's her father's rent-free lodger lead each one to re-examine self, family, and hopes. Is renewal possible?

Directed by

Danièle Thompson

Written by

Danièle ThompsonChristopher Thompson

Cast & crew

Sabine AzémaLoubaEmmanuelle BéartSoniaCharlotte GainsbourgMilla RobinClaude RichStanislasFrançoise FabianYvetteChristopher ThompsonJosephJean-Pierre DarroussinGilbertIsabelle CarréAnnabelleSamuel LabarthePierreFrançoise BrionJanineHélène FillièresVéroniqueThierry HancisseLe fleuristeMarie de VillepinMarieDidier BecchettiL'escort-boyJean-Pierre MarinoLe cardiologueNeil IngleArthurLiliana DelahayeMathildeMatteo D'AmicoRégisNicolas de AngelisGeorgieBertrand CerveraVladoPierre CholletLe professeur du ConservatoireJorg SchnassL'homme d'affaires allemandAndrea SchiefferLa femme de l'homme d'affaires allemandKatherine ErhardyFrançoiseLola ZajdermannBéaLily GallandAngéliqueBernard LannesLe motardCéline CaussimonLa dame du squareEloïse LabroL'infirmièreAntoine BlanquefortDocteur BazinJulie LeibowitchLa vendeuse LancelSvetlana de LoutchekLouba (singingVoice)