A Week's Vacation

A Week's Vacation is a 1980 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

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
Jean Sourbier - André
André Mortamais - Le client
Thierry Herbivo - Jean Mancheron
Nils Tavernier - Patrice

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.