Every Other Weekend (French: Un week-end sur deux) is a 1990 French drama film written and directed by Nicole Garcia. It marked the directorial debut of Garcia.[1]
| Every Other Weekend | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Nicole Garcia |
| Written by | Jacques Fieschi Nicole Garcia Anne-Marie Etienne Philippe Le Guay |
| Produced by | Alain Sarde |
| Starring | Nathalie Baye |
| Cinematography | William Lubtchansky |
| Edited by | Agnès Guillemot Jacqueline Mariani |
| Music by | Oswald d'Andréa |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
It premiered out of competition at the 47th Venice International Film Festival.[2] It was nominated for two César Award, for best debut film and for best actress (to Nathalie Baye).[1]
Synopsis
editCamille is an actress who has seen better days. After her divorce, her ex-husband was granted custody of their two children. She only gets to see them every other weekend, and this happens to be one of those weekends. However, she has an important obligation to attend a gala at the Rotary Club in Vichy. With no other option, she decides to take her son and daughter along. When her ex-husband finds out, he’s furious and plans to come retrieve the children. Camille, desperate, takes off, heading south with the kids, hoping to build a closer relationship with them—especially with her precocious and distant son, Vincent, who has a passion for astronomy. Camille then discovers that a rare meteor shower is expected in Spain a few days later. She proposes to Vincent that they go...
Cast
edit- Nathalie Baye : Camille Valmont
- Felice Pasotti : Gaëlle
- Joachim Serreau : Vincent
- Miki Manojlović : Adrian
- Henri Garcin : Camille's Agent
- Marie Daëms : Graziella Jacquet
- Jacques Boudet : Jacquet
- Sacha Briquet : Albert
References
edit- ^ a b Dayna Oscherwitz, MaryEllen Higgins (2 September 2009). The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0810870383.
- ^ Giorgio Cecchetti (31 July 1990). "A Venezia spira il vento dell'ovest". La Repubblica. p. 25.
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