Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
1989, Italian. Directed by Luigi Comencini.
In this romantic story, a couple (Michel Serrault and Virna Lisi) who have been married for over forty years are forced to separate, one to each of their two children's families, when they can no longer pay the rent on their longtime apartment. Absence, in this case, refreshes their memory of the love they have shared, and they take to meeting one another furtively in hotel rooms for sex and affection. One summer, as each of their daughters families takes them on separate vacations, they have had enough, and elope, finding contentment as lighthouse keepers off the coast of Sicily.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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- Released
- 23 November 1989
- Original title
- Buon Natale, buon anno
- Country
- France, Italy
- Written by
- Raffaele Festa Campanile, Cristina Comencini, Luigi Comencini
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Merry Christmas... Happy New Year runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Merry Christmas... Happy New Year isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 November 1989. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Merry Christmas... Happy New Year?
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989) was directed by Luigi Comencini and stars Michel Serrault, Virna Lisi, Mattia Sbragia.