A cult film from the early 1980s will land for the very first time on a streaming platform, in this case on Netflix, as the end of year holidays approach. The meeting is set for Wednesday, November 29.
Netflix had some nice surprises in store for its subscribers for the month of November, notably with the release online of Mélanie Laurent’s new feature film, with Isabelle Adjani and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Thieves), the documentary The Bettencourt Affair or even season 6 of the series The Crown. But the famous streaming platform which has evolved a lot in recent months and impacted by a screenwriters’ strike across the Atlantic had not mentioned the arrival of another cult film.
It is a French comedy released in theaters in 1982produced by Jean-Marie Poiré and counting on the participation of the troupe of splendid which included Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte, Michel Blanc, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Bruno Moynot and Gérard Jugnot, currently starring in the comedy As if by magic by Christophe Barratier. You may have already guessed, it’s about the film Santa Clause is garbagewhose music by Vladimir Cosma is just as popular as the adventures of the two permanent members of the SOS Détresse Amitié association, on Christmas Eve…
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The film inspired by a play of the same name (1979) remains as popular as ever despite the years, it has not aged a bit in 40 years. As proof, its last broadcast on France 2in December 2021, attracted more than 3.5 million viewers, leading the audience for the evening (The Parisian). Netflix announced the news of the arrival of Santa Claus is trash THE Wednesday November 29 this Monday 20 on social networks. In a new publication on Facebook, the teams posted a simple photo showing a major scene from the feature film, providing the date of its release online, and in the caption a few words that must resonate in the heads of moviegoers… “Just imagine that Thérèse is not ugly. She doesn’t have an easy physique… It’s different”we can read.
Immediately, in the comments, Netflix announced that its approach was completely new. “This is the first time that the film has been available on the platform!“we mention, provoking enthusiastic reactions from its subscribers to say the least. “Impossible not to watch it again for the 20,000th time”, “I love it even if I know the lines by heart, I’m going to watch it again” or “Thank you Netflix”, we note among the many comments. Will you be there on November 29? If the film is regularly broadcast on the small screen during the end-of-year holidays, there will be no waiting this time!
By then, Netflix should have revealed the list of releases for the month of December, and there is a good chance that other Christmas films will be added to it.
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