''A Week's Vacation'' () is a 1980 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Bertrand Tavernier Bertrand Tavernier (; 25 April 1941 – 25 March 2021) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. Life and career Tavernier was born in Lyon, France, the son of Geneviève (née Dumond) and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, ...

. It was entered into the

1980 Cannes Film Festival The 33rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 and 23 May 1980. American actor Kirk Douglas served as jury president for the main competition. During the festival the showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film ''Stalker'' was notoriously interrupted by a ...

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 Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye (; born 6 July 1948) is a French film, television, and stage actress. She began her career in 1970 and has appeared in more than 80 films. A ten-time César Award nominee, her four wins were for ''Every Man for Himsel ...

- Laurence Cuers *

Gérard Lanvin Gérard Lanvin (; born 21 June 1950) is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in ''Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine'' in 1977 on an offer from the actor Coluche. He ...

- 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 Philippe Noiret (; 1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Life and career Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student a ...

- 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 Nils Tavernier (born 1 September 1965) is a French actor and director. He is best known for his film appearances in ''Beatrice (1987 film), Beatrice'' (1987), ''Valmont (film), Valmont'' (1988), and ''Revenge of the Musketeers (1994 film), Revenge ...

- Patrice

Notes

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

Critical Reception

Stanley Kauffmann Stanley Kauffmann (April 24, 1916 – October 9, 2013) was an American writer, editor, and critic of film and theater. Career Kauffmann started with ''The New Republic'' in 1958 and contributed film criticism to that magazine for the next 55 ye ...

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.

References

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* 1980 films Films set in Lyon Films shot in Lyon 1980s French-language films 1980 drama films Films directed by Bertrand Tavernier French drama films 1980s French films {{1980s-France-film-stub