“Joyeux Noel” (2005), written and directed by the French filmmaker Christian Carion, offers a fictionalized account of one of these truces along the Western Front. The story centers on an ...

The Oscar-nominated French film "Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas)" is based on a real incident during the early days of World War I. On Christmas Eve 1914, the warring soldiers fighting in the front ...

Charting the converging experiences of British, French and German soldiers in December 1914, Joyeux Noël is a moving portrayal of an incredible true story and a bold testament to the idea of ...