A Week's Vacation (1980)
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
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Nathalie Baye as Laurence Cuers |
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Gérard Lanvin as Pierre |
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Flore Fitzgerald as Anne |
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Philippe Noiret as Michel Descombes |
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Philippe Léotard as le docteur Sabouret |
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Jean Dasté as le père de Laurence |
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Marie-Louise Ebeli as la mère de Laurence |
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Philippe Delaigue as Jacques, le frère de Laurence |
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Geneviève Vauzeilles as Lucie |
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Jean-Claude Durand as Philippe |
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Catherine-Anne Duperray as Josiane Lalande, le professeur chahuté |
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Jean Sourbier as André |
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André Mortamais as le client |
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Thierry Herbivo as Jean Mancheron |
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Michel Galabru as Mancheron |
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Nicole Biondi as La mère de Claudine (uncredited) |
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Silvia Jouve as La petite fille (uncredited) |
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Emmanuelle Kaizer as Claudine (uncredited) |
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Christian Mur as Le chauffeur de taxi (uncredited) |
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Henri Vart as Le client du taxi (uncredited) |
| Editing | Armand Psenny | Editor |
| Sound | Pierre Papadiamandis | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvette Bonnay | Set Costumer |
| Directing | Bertrand Tavernier | Director |
| Art | Jean-Baptiste Poirot | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Pierre-William Glenn | Director of Photography |
| Production | Louis Grau | Production Director |
| Camera | Carole Achache | Still Photographer |
| Writing | Colo Tavernier O'Hagan | Writer |
| Writing | Bertrand Tavernier | Writer |
| Writing | Marie-Françoise Hans | Writer |
| Production | Christine Gozlan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alain Sarde | Producer |
| Production | Bertrand Tavernier | Producer |
| Production | Jean-Baptiste Poirot | Production Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvette Bonnay | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Muriel Baurens | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Jean Achache | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Charlotte Trench | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Michel Desrois | Sound |
| Sound | Catherine Kelber | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Lelong | Foley Artist |
| Camera | Albert Bonomi | Grip |
| Camera | Marc Casi | Grip |
| Camera | Michael Coulter | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Pascal Lebègue | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jean-Claude Vicquery | Assistant Camera |