An American couple bring their 10-year-old daughter to her grandfather's hotel in Italy to tell her that they are separating. Hoping to bring them back together, she asks to celebrate one last Christmas together, even though it's August.

DeVito is joined by his real-life daughter, Lucy DeVito, who plays his onscreen daughter Abbie.

A Sudden Case of Christmas also stars Andie MacDowell, Antonella Rose, Adrian Dunbar, Francesco Salvi, Roderick Hill, Valeria Cavalli and Tommaso Sacco.

Th film is directed by Peter Chelsom (The Space Between Us, Shall W Dance, Serendipity).

A Sudden Case of Christmas opens in cinemas on December 6.

When the Nazis invade Poland, Harry Haft (Ben Foster), who is Jewish, is sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp. He is a powerfully built man, so a charming but sadistic officer (Billy Magnussen) offers him an impossible deal: fight fellow prisoners in the boxing ring for the amusement of his captors, or die. The winner of the bout survives to fight again. The loser is shot or sent to the gas chamber. How far will Harry’s will to live take him? What will he do to escape the death all around him?

The film stars Ben Foster, Vicky Krieps, Billy Magnussen, Peter Sarsgaard, Dar Zuzovsky, John Leguizamo, Danny DeVito, Saro Emirze and is directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Good Morning, Vietnam, Sleepers, Wag the Dog).

Here are some reviews:

“It’s a haunted and haunting performance at the center of the most substantial movie that Levinson has made in years. Ben Foster’s transformation in Barry Levinson’s The Survivor, is something different — because he morphs into Holocaust survivor Harry Haft from two different directions in the same film.” (Steve Pond, The Wrap).

“A true story so unique it really becomes its own powerful tale of a man trying to survive the haunting memory of war experiences well beyond the war itself. Haft’s story will move audiences and is worth telling.” (Pete Hammond, Deadline).

“The best film the director has made for cinemas in the nearly quarter-century since Wag the Dog. Delivers enough emotional resolution to satisfy mainstream audiences.” (John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter).

“One can’t deny the empathy Levinson brings to the material, connecting Haft’s odyssey to those of other Jewish characters he has chronicled in earlier films. Audiences will be courted on the strength of Foster’s typically uncompromising, emotionally nuanced work.” (Tim Grierson, Screen Daily).

Foto: TIFF 2021.

In Animal Crackers, Owen Huntington's life is one continuous loop of work, eat, and sleep. A loop that keeps him from ever seeing his wife Zoe, or his three year old daughter MacKenzie. A loop that is sure to kill him.

Then, one day, Owen discovers a long lost Uncle (Buffalo Bob… the Rootenist Tootenist Circus Man in the West) passed away… and left his Circus to Owen!

And then, something MAGICAL happens. Owen discovers Buffalo Bob’s secret. A box of Animal Crackers that gives the bearer the ability to become ANY ANIMAL IN THE BOX!

Animal Crackers is directed by Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft, and written by Sava and Dean Lorey, based on the graphic novel by Sava.

The film stars the voices of John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Danny DeVito, Ian McKellen, Sylvester Stallone, Raven-Symoné, and Patrick Warburton.

In Romanian cinemas, the film will be released in 2D version dubbed in Romanian.

The Romanian version stars the voices of: Ionuț Grama (Owen), Alexandra Radu (Zoe), Ilinca Popescu (Mackenzie), Vlad Rădescu (Horatio), Tomi Cristin (Chesterfield), Ernest Fazakas (Bivolul Bob), Octav Mitrică (Woodley), Carmen Lopăzan (Binkley), Mihai Munteniță (Brock), Mike Gheorghiu (Bullet-Man).

The Romanian version was made in Fast Production Film Studios (Director: Octav Mitrică, Translator: Brenda Baran, Sound Engineer: Ovidiu Mitrică).

Animal Crackers is distributed in Romania by Prorom and Ro Image.