Noel
- Director: Chazz Palminteri
- Writer: David Hubbard
- Producer: Al Corley; Jonathan Dana
CGiii Comment
A son dying of AIDS, a mother with Alzheimer's, reincarnation, jealousy...
Everyone is looking for a miracle on Christmas Eve.
It's surreal...painfully sad and very well done.
Keep the tissues handy.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina Vasquez breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancé Mike due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him. Mike is stalked by a stranger, bartender Artie Venzuela. The poor Jules arranges to spend Christmas Eve in the hospital, where he spent the best Christmas of his life when he was a teenager. The lives of some of these characters cross with others along the night.
Cast & Characters
Susan Sarandon as Rose Collins;
Paul Walker as Mike Riley;
Penelope Cruz as Nina Vasquez;
Alan Arkin as Artie Venzuela;
Marcus Thomas as Jules Calvert;
Sonny Marinelli as Dennis;
Daniel Sunjata as Marco;
Chazz Palminteri as Arizona;
Rob Daly as Paul;
John Doman as Dr. Matthew Baron;
Carmen Ejogo as Dr. Batiste;
Billy Porter as Randy;
Donna Hanover as Debbie Carmichael;
Merwin Mondesir as Glenn;
Una Kay as Helen