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A Week's Vacation

A Week's Vacation

1980 · 104 min · FR · 6.2 (29 votes)
Dir. Bertrand Tavernier · Starring Nathalie Baye, Gérard Lanvin, Flore Fitzgerald, Philippe Noiret, Philippe Léotard, Jean Dasté · Music Pierre Papadiamandis
Drama

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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A quiet, introspective drama that feels like a long, thoughtful exhale. It's a film for solitary contemplation, offering a gentle, melancholic look at one woman's internal world and the choices that shape her life.

introspectivemelancholicquietcontemplativeslow-burncharacter-drivenslice-of-lifenaturalisticarthouseidentitycareerpersonal reflectionsolitude
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