The Advent Calendar

Dec 1, 2021

1h 44m

★ 6.7

Will you live until Christmas this year?

Overview

Eva, an ex-dancer, is now living in a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life: some of them good, but most of them bad... Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again… even if it causes death around her.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Sombrero Films

Siddhi Films

Frakas Productions

ZED

RTBF

VOO

BeTV

The Advent Calendar Trailers

Cast

Eva

Eugénie Derouand

Sophie

Honorine Magnier

William

Clément Olivieri

Antoine

Janis Abrikh

Boris

Cyril Garnier

Thomas

Vladimir Perrin

John

Jérôme Paquatte

Myriam

Laura Presgurvic

Agnès

Isabelle Tanakil

Eva's Father

Jean-François Garreaud

Aloïs Hoffman

Olivier Bonjour

La malade de l'hôpital

Elsa Erroyaux

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