The Legend Of The Christmas Witch 2018 Written by Nicola Guaglianone and directed by Michele Soavi. Michele directed 4 other movies that I've seen Cemetery Man, The Sect, The Church and StageFright. After Cemetery Man came out in 1994 Michele didn't direct a theatrical feature until 2006, he started directing TV in 1999 and pretty much stayed there. I've not seen any of his other work since CM until I noticed this on Amazon Prime today.
Paola Cortellesi is the lady in the poster, she's a teacher and seemingly normal lady by day but at midnight she turns into La Befana, she stays that way until 8 AM. Not the most convenient lifestyle for a normal lady but she's also immortal and has a flying broom. She delivers presents to the children who write to her on January 8 of the year.
She's a good teacher and her students like her, one of the other teachers likes her too, he complicates her life with a request for marriage just as a creepy guy kidnaps her. The creepy guy runs a huge toy empire, and he's got a plan to take over the Christmas Witch and Santa's gigs so all the kids can worship him. He was forgotten by the Christmas Witch one year, his toy undelivered due to a mishap, a dog got at the card in her magic Rolodex.
Lucky for the Christmas Witch her students are on the job, they take on the rescue of their favorite teacher and learn a few life lessons in the process. The Christmas Witch's teacher pal helps out a good bit too. It's kind of average, there's some jokes and nice moments, and some nice scenery in the mountains of Alto Adige Italy. I liked the kids well enough, it wasn't as sappy as a Disney movie but I doubt I would buy a DVD even if one were available.
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