The Legend of the Christmas Witch
The Legend of the Christmas Witch (/ The Befana Comes at Night) is a 2018 Italian-language Christmas fantasy comedy film based on the Italian legend of the Befana. It is an Italian-Spanish co-production directed by Michele Soavi.
Plot
During the day Miss Paola works as a schoolteacher in an Italian town, but every night at midnight she transforms into the over 500-year-old Befana, a witch who delivers presents to well-behaved children and unusual surprises to bad ones each year at midnight when it turns January 6. One year a dog chews on the Rolodex she uses to keep track of the children and she fails to deliver a gift in time to a boy named Giovanni Rovasio, who then blames her for all of his subsequent misfortunes, including his parents' divorce.
More details
author | Nicola Guaglianone |
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contentLocation | Italy |
director | Michele Soavi |
editor | Pietro Morana |
genre | comedy fantasy |
keywords | befana capture christmas tree italian town kidnap machine only way secret identity swiss army knife toy factory walk |
musicBy | Andrea Farri |
producer | Andrea Occhipinti |
productionCompany | Lucky Red Morena Films Rai Cinema |
publisher | Lucky Red |