A Week's Vacation
| A Week's Vacation | |
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| 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] |
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]
Synopsis
[edit]31 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
[edit]Philippe Noiret's Michel Descombes was the protagonist of Tavernier's feature debut, The Clockmaker (1974).
Critical Reception
[edit]Stanley 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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