If you loved The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, try Joyeux Noel
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
bittersweetforeign gem
What Joyeux Noel is
War gets a Christmas break. French and Scottish troops face off against Germans in no man's land. Sentimentality prevails in this wartime romance.

