A Week's Vacation

1980 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama

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IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 827 827

Plot summary

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.

Director

Bertrand Tavernier Photo
Bertrand Tavernier

Top cast

Philippe Noiret Photo
Philippe Noiret as Michel Descombes
Gérard Lanvin Photo
Gérard Lanvin as Pierre
Nathalie Baye Photo
Nathalie Baye as Laurence Cuers
Jean Sourbier Photo
Jean Sourbier as André
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948.44 MB
1280*544
French 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 43 min
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1.72 GB
1920*816
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by hof-4 7 / 10

Early middle age crisis

Laurence (Nathalie Baye), thirty one years old, is a high school French teacher in Lyon. She has a good relation with her students, genuinely cares for them and they appreciate her efforts. She is reasonably attractive, charismatic and socially adept with neighbors and colleagues (one of them, a woman endowed with a oversized sense of humor is her best friend). She gets along well with her parents, which are aging in apparent harmony in a small village nearby and even with her ne'er-do-well brother Jacques. Her boyfriend Pierre is at times overbearing and unsubtle, but sincerely loves her and dreams of having a child with her. At times, he seems to know her better than she herself does. Her friend urges her to formalize her relationship with Pierre and start a family before her biological clock winds down.All of this changes one morning, when Laurence has a near panic attack, is unable to face her class and misses school. She is given a week's vacation to sort out her (unexplained) problems. She reexamines her life in a new and rather negative light; in spite of her efforts her student's writing is full of cliches and platitudes, a neighbor responds improperly to her kindness and she tries clumsily to find a pretext to break up with Pierre. At this point, order and purpose disappear and we are faced with the chaos of real life; motivations are unclear or missing, actions have unexpected reactions and plans seem not to work any longer. Whether Laurence will strike a new path or go back to her previous life after the week's vacation is left open.The movie rests squarely on Baye's shoulders; she is in almost every scene. She does an excellent job. The other actors are at the same level, among them Tavernier regular Philippe Noiret in a short role. The script is spare and (as the movie requires) does not attempt to weave a conventional plot. A successful movie.
Reviewed by Kirpianuscus 9 / 10

a teacher

I am teacher. And I saw this film from the perspective of my professional status, admiring Nathalie Baye performance, inspired in nuance by nuance exploration of her character, by touching work of admirable Michel Galabru and the fair portrait of his character offered by Philip Noiret.Al the aspects of contemporary educational system are present in this film and the portraits of love, friendship, relation with parents, olderniss and fatigue , doubts and attitudes of students are presented in admirable - precise manner.A film about options and answers to them.And , sure, the splendid mark of great Bertand tavernier.
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