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'Joyeux Noel' Celebrates Brief Holiday Truce in WWI

by Bob Mondello
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All Things Considered, March 3, 2006 · It seems the wrong time of year to release a movie called "Merry Christmas." But the French film, Joyeux Noel, about a celebrated World War I Christmas truce, is nominated for a Foreign Film Oscar at Sunday's Academy Awards. Bob Mondello reviews the film.

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