A Week's Vacation
6.7
On the verge of an emotional collapse, schoolteacher Laurence takes a week off from work to figure out her life. She reconnects with friends and family and wrestles with everything from whether she should continue her job to whether she should have a child with her boyfriend.
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Cast
20 people
Nathalie Baye
Laurence Cuers
Known for
Catch Me If You Can
It's Only the End of the World
Gérard Lanvin
Pierre
Known for
Camping
A Gang Story
Flore Fitzgerald
Anne
Also in
The Bodyguard
La frisée aux lardons
Philippe Noiret
Michel Descombes
Known for
Cinema Paradiso
The Postman
Philippe Léotard
le docteur Sabouret
Known for
French Connection II
So Long, Stooge
Jean Dasté
le père de Laurence
Known for
Zero for Conduct
L'Atalante
Marie-Louise Ebeli
la mère de Laurence
Also in
Peer Gynt
Deux femmes aujourd'hui
Philippe Delaigue
Jacques, le frère de Laurence
Also in
Minuscule tragedies
Geneviève Vauzeilles
Lucie
No other roles listed
Jean-Claude Durand
Philippe
Known for
Strange Gardens
Catherine-Anne Duperray
Josiane Lalande, le professeur chahuté
No other roles listed
Jean Sourbier
André
No other roles listed
Bertrand Tavernier Director · Colo Tavernier O'Hagan Writer Marie-Françoise Hans Writer
Worldwide gross $7.1M · First release June 2, 1980 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$7,100,000
Production
Little Bear
Production
Antenne 2
Production
Sara Films
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Une semaine de vacances
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · June 2, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
April 18, 2011 · TV
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