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The Christmas Candle is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Stephenson released in USA on 22 november 2013 with Hans Matheson
The Christmas Candle (2013)
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Add to a movie listThe Christmas Candle is a 2013 British/American Christmas film.
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Dans le petit village anglais de Gladbury, une légende prétend que tous les vingt-cinq ans, à la Noël, un ange apparaît chez le fabricant de bougies et accomplit un miracle en effleurant une chandelle. Mais en l'an 1890, les anciennes croyances se heurtent aux esprits rationalistes comme celui du jeune pasteur David Richmond, au moment où Edward Haddington, confronté à une demande qui s'amenuise avec la venue des temps modernes, rencontre des difficultés avec son ancestrale fabrique de bougies…Actors
Hans Matheson
(David Richmond)
Samantha Barks
(Emily Barstow)
Lesley Manville
(Bea Haddington)
Sylvester McCoy
(Edward Haddington)
James Cosmo
(Herbert Hopewell)
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