The Claus Family
Film poster
DutchDe Familie Claus
Directed byMatthias Temmermans
Written by
  • Matthias Temmermans
  • Ruben Vandenborre
Starring
CinematographyPhilip van Volsem
Edited byDries Meinema
Music byAnne-Kathrin Dern
Production
company
Dingie
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 7 December 2020 (2020-12-07)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryBelgium
LanguageDutch

The Claus Family (Dutch: De Familie Claus) is a 2020 Dutch-Belgian film directed by Matthias Temmermans, written by Matthias Temmermans and Ruben Vandenborre and starring Jan Decleir, Mo Bakker and Stefaan Degand.[1][2]

Plot

Suzanne moves with her children Jules and Noor from The Netherlands to Belgium as she found work in a Belgian biscuit factory. During her work hours, Noël - her father in law - takes care of the children. By coincidence Jules finds in his grandfather's possessions a magical snow globe which can transport him to anywhere in the world. He also discovers his grandfather is the real Santa Claus. Noël has a secret workshop in the North Pole where he gets help from some elves. Noël gets health issues and is no longer able to deliver the Christmas presents over the world so Jules is forced to help him. However, Jules hates Christmas as his father died the previous year on Christmas Eve and is not eager to help. This gets worse after he finds out Santa Claus does not live forever and all eldest children in his family tree are made to take over the role of Santa Claus once the predecessor dies or got too old. At the same time, the biscuit factory is about to go bankrupt as management does not want to invest in new tastes. By the end of the movie, Jules delivers the presents on his own, along with home made cookies that his mother made with her coworkers at the biscuit factory. Jules delivers their cookies to the president of the United States. The president is so impressed that she orders a large batch of cookies, which were only prepared in time through all the factory workers banding together in the Christmas spirit- even the abusive manager lends a hand! Finally, Jules sets up a Christmas tree after reconciling his bad relationship with Christmas through whimsical adventures and the help of his grandfather.

Cast

Sequels

The film spawned two sequels, The Claus Family 2, released in 2021, which focuses on Jules trying to reunite a young girl's family in which Noël refuses to do, and The Claus Family 3 was released exclusively in 2022, and it focuses on Jules' sister, Noor, who discovers that her grandpa is Santa Claus and helps him and Jules out.

References

  1. ↑ ""Santa" Claus is Coming to.. Netflix!". Netflix Media Center. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  2. ↑ "Netflix Review – 'The Claus Family'". into:screens. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
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