The Advent Calendar
2021 · Movie · 104 min · ★ 6.7 · 65% critics
A former dancer living in a wheelchair receives an antique advent calendar as a Christmas gift, and each opened window brings a real-world surprise with unsettling consequences. As the rewards and dangers escalate, she must decide whether to destroy the calendar or keep using it for a chance to walk again, despite the deadly cost.
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Details
- Original title
- Le Calendrier
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-12-01
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (399 votes)
About
If you enjoy spooky, wish-fulfillment horror where every choice has consequences, this should work for you, especially if you liked Teddy; Not for you if you dislike grim stakes, unsettling imagery, or morally thorny stories.
Pros: eerie holiday hook; creepy surprises; tense moral choice | Cons: gross moments; hard-to-explain imagery; sudden ominous shift
Themes
- supernatural
- wheelchair user
- car accident
- christmas
- advent calendar
Cast & crew
Eugénie Derouand
as Eva
Honorine Magnier
as Sophie
Clément Olivieri
as William
Janis Abrikh
as Antoine
Cyril Garnier
as Boris
Vladimir Perrin
as Thomas
Jérôme Paquatte
as John
Laura Presgurvic
as Myriam
Isabelle Tanakil
as Agnès
Jean-François Garreaud
as Eva's Father
Directed by Patrick Ridremont