A Week's Vacation

★★★★★

Original title: Une semaine de vacances

1980 · 1 h 42 min

Directed by Bertrand Tavernier

Drama

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Cast

Nathalie Baye Gérard Lanvin Michel Galabru

Credits

Written by: Bertrand Tavernier

Plot

A teacher takes a week off after a crisis.

Sinekatalog’s take

Bertrand Tavernier's drama follows a Lyon teacher who takes a week's leave after a professional and personal crisis. Nathalie Baye is superb in a quiet, searching and sensitive film about doubt, burnout and quiet reconstruction.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (866 votes)
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