''Summer Vacation'' () is a 2023 Spanish

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directed by

Santiago Segura Santiago Segura Silva (born 17 July 1965) is a Spanish filmmaker and actor. He also worked to a lesser extent as a television presenter, voice actor and comic book writer, as well as being a collector of original comic books. At 12, he began ...

which stars Segura, Leo Harlem, Cristina Gallego, and Patricia Conde.

Plot

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time, divorced buddies Óscar and Félix apply for a temporary job as children's entertainers at an hotel, bringing in their own children so they can manage work-life interface.

Cast

Production

The film was written by and Santiago Segura. It is a Bowfinger International Pictures and Chapuzas Audiovisuales AIE production, with the participation of

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and

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, in association with Mogambo. It was shot in

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in late 2022.

Release

Distributed by

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, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 6 July 2023. It made a

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1,079,026 gross in its opening weekend (good for a 2nd position at the Spanish box office after ''

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''), with a total of €1,296,375 (198,140 admissions) adding Thursday 6 figures.

Reception

Rubén Romero Santos of ''

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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, underscoring it to be Santiago Segura's most successful film in a long time. Fausto Fernández of ''

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'' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be perhaps the best-rounded of the Santiago Segura films belonging to the director's all-audience era.

References