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A Week's Vacation

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A Week's Vacation
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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]

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Synopsis

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

  • 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
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Notes

Philippe Noiret's Michel Descombes was the protagonist of Tavernier's feature debut, The Clockmaker (1974).

Critical Reception

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]


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