''A Week's Vacation'' (french: Une semaine de vacances) is a 1980 French
drama film
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directed by
Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand Tavernier (25 April 1941 – 25 March 2021) was a French director, screenwriter, actor and producer.
Life and career
Tavernier was born in Lyon, France, the son of Geneviève (née Dumond) and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, s ...
. It was entered into the
1980 Cannes Film Festival
The 33rd Cannes Film Festival was held between 9 and 23 May 1980. The Palme d'Or went to the '' All That Jazz'' by Bob Fosse and '' Kagemusha'' by Akira Kurosawa.
The festival opened with '' Fantastica'', directed by Gilles Carle and closed wit ...
.
Cast
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Nathalie Baye
Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye (born 6 July 1948) is a French film, television and stage actress. She began her career in 1970 and has appeared in more than 80 films. A ten-time César Award nominee, her four wins were for '' Every Man for Himself' ...
- Laurence Cuers
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Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin (; born 21 June 1950) is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in '' Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine'' in 1977 on an offer from the actor Coluche. He ...
Michel Galabru
Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 19224 January 2016) was a French actor.
Career
Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for ''Subway''), and Jean-Luc Godard. ...
- Mancheron
*
Jean Dasté
Jean Dasté, born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté, (18 September 1904 in Paris, France – 15 October 1994 in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Loire, France)Marie-Louise Ebeli - La mère de Laurence
* Philippe Delaigue - Jacques, le frère de Laurence
* Geneviève Vauzeilles - Lucie
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Philippe Léotard
Philippe Léotard (his full name was Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi; 28 August 1940 – 25 August 2001) was a French actor, poet and singer. Biography
He was born in Nice, one of seven children - four girls, then three boys, of wh ...
- Le docteur Sabouret
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Philippe Noiret
Philippe Noiret (; 1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor.
Life and career
Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student an ...
- Michel Descombes
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Jean-Claude Durand Jean-Claude is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Jean-Claude Ades, an Italian electronic music producer
* Jean-Claude Alibert (died 2020), a French racing driver
* Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939), a French compos ...
- Philippe
* Catherine Anne Duperray - Josiane Lalande, le professeur chahuté (as Catherine-Anne Duperray)
*
Jean Sourbier
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People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
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* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Je ...
- André
*
André Mortamais
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- Le client
*
Thierry Herbivo
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Peopl ...
- Jean Mancheron
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Nils Tavernier
Nils Tavernier (born 1 September 1965) is a French actor and director. He is best known for his film appearances in '' Beatrice'' (1987), '' Valmont'' (1988), and ''Revenge of the Musketeers'' (1994), and for his directorial efforts ''The Other Si ...