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Les Vacances

1997 · 17 min

A quiet, closely observed slice of life that makes you feel the weight of small disappointments and the quiet strain of a mother trying to provide.

Directed by: Emmanuelle Bercot
Genres: Drama
Starring: Catherine Vinatier, Isild Le Besco, Mikaël Fitoussi

Overview: Anne doesn't have enough money to take her daughter, Mélody, away from the small provincial town where they live for a few days during the summer holidays. In the face of her daughter's disappointment and incomprehension, she does all she can to find the money.

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Directed by: Emmanuelle Bercot
Genres: Drama
Starring: Catherine Vinatier, Isild Le Besco, Mikaël Fitoussi

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
parenthood
family
grief
survival
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Emmanuelle Bercot
Written by: Marcia Romano, Emmanuelle Bercot
Starring: Catherine Vinatier, Isild Le Besco, Mikaël Fitoussi, Frédéric Niedermayer, Béatrice Talman
Cinematography: Stephan Massis
Runtime: 17 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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