A Week's Vacation (French: Une semaine de vacances) is a 1980 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
| A Week's Vacation | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Bertrand Tavernier |
| Written by | Bertrand Tavernier Marie-Françoise Hans Colo Tavernier |
| Produced by | Christine Gozlan Bertrand Tavernier |
| Starring | Nathalie Baye |
| Cinematography | Pierre-William Glenn |
| Edited by | Armand Psenny |
| Music by | Pierre Papadiamandis |
| Distributed by | Parafrance |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $7.1 million[1] |
Synopsis
edit31 year old Laurence has reached a breaking point as a public school teacher in Lyon and at a crossroads in her relationship with her boyfriend, Pierre. At her doctor's direction, she takes a week off from work to recover. She feels pressured by everyone around her to continue to teach, but it no longer makes her as happy as it once did.
Cast
edit- Nathalie Baye - Laurence Cuers
- Gérard Lanvin - Pierre
- Flore Fitzgerald - Anne
- Michel Galabru - Mancheron
- Jean Dasté - Le père de Laurence
- Marie-Louise Ebeli - La mère de Laurence
- Philippe Delaigue - Jacques, le frère de Laurence
- Geneviève Vauzeilles - Lucie
- Philippe Léotard - Le docteur Sabouret
- Philippe Noiret - Michel Descombes
- Jean-Claude Durand - Philippe
- Catherine Anne Duperray - Josiane Lalande, le professeur chahuté (as Catherine-Anne Duperray)
- Jean Sourbier - André
- André Mortamais - Le client
- Thierry Herbivo - Jean Mancheron
- Nils Tavernier - Patrice
Notes
editPhilippe Noiret's Michel Descombes was the protagonist of Tavernier's feature debut, The Clockmaker (1974).
Critical reception
editStanley Kauffmann of The New Republic wrote- "What holds this film together are the characterizations and Tavernier's skill and authenticity. The people are not startlingly original or profoundly drawn; they are completely credible, therefore interesting. [3]
References
edit- ↑ "Une semaine de vacances (1980) - JPBox-Office".
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: A Week's Vacation". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
- ↑ "Quiet and Strong, Loud and weak". The New Republic. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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