A Christmas Storm


A Christmas Storm is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Alain Chicoine and released in 2024.
A spinoff of the television series L'Œil du cyclone, the film centres on Isabelle Gagnon scrambling to preserve her family's Christmas traditions. Her mother Louise has planned a trip to Florida with her boyfriend Michel ; her oldest daughter Jade is planning to have Christmas dinner with her boyfriend's family; and her younger children Emma and Jules have been invited to spend the holiday in New York City with their father Jean-François and his new wife Mylène. Isabelle thus enlists her sister Éliane to help sabotage everybody's plans so that she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone.
The cast also includes Dominic Paquet, Étienne Lou, Louise Portal, Sonia Vachon, Pierre Verville, Carmen Sylvestre and Michèle Richard in supporting roles.

Production

The film was shot in Montreal in spring 2024.

Distribution

The film premiered on November 8, 2024. It surpassed the $1 million benchmark for box office success in the Quebec market within two weeks of its release, and passed the $2 million mark after four weeks.