Santa Claus Is a Stinker

Here's a Yuletide farce that arguably earns its impolite title. Over one chaotic Christmas Eve, suicide hotline workers contend with oddball visitors: a pregnant woman, her jealous partner, and a transvestite. The humour is broad, the situations improbable.

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Jean-Marie Poiré directed Santa Claus Is a Stinker in 1982. See Jean-Marie Poiré's full filmography, where to start with Jean-Marie Poiré, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jean-Marie Poiré.

Santa Claus Is a Stinker was released in 1982 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 88 minutes.