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Kikujiro (1999)
, 2h1Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Yūko Daike, Masayuki Suzuki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Akaji Maro
Masao, who lives alone with his grandmother in an old Shitamachi area of Tokyo, receives a package, and in looking for a seal finds a photo of his long lost mother. He finds her address in Toyohashi, several hundred miles to the west. Leaving home to see his mother, he meets his grandmother's neighbors, Kikujiro and his wife. Kikujiro's wife forces Kikujiro to accompany Masao on a journey to see his mother, telling Masao's grandmother that they are going to the beach.
A Summer's Tale (1996)
, 1h53Directed by Éric Rohmer
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Le thème des vacances
Actors Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon
Gaspard, the main character, arrives on holiday in Dinard, a small Breton seaside resort. He awaits his girlfriend, Lena, who does not arrive. Only a short while after this, he crosses paths with the waitress Margot, and they develop a strong friendship; Gaspard also has a fling with Solène, Margot's adventure-seeking friend. Lena eventually does turn up, and by this time, Gaspard has become attached to all three women.
The Green Ray (1986)
, 1h34Directed by Éric Rohmer
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Le thème des vacances
Actors Marie Rivère, Vincent Gauthier, Béatrice Romand, Rosette, María Luisa García, Irène Skobline
The movie opens at the start of Delphine's summer vacation. Delphine has just suffered the breakup of a relationship and then her travel companion ditched her so that her new boyfriend can accompany her to Greece instead. She is left without plans at a time when Paris is emptying for the summer. Another friend invites Delphine to join a beach party for the weekend, but she finds that she's the only one amongst the group who is single so she quickly returns to Paris. Her family pressures her to spend the holidays with them in Ireland, but she resists. She travels alone to the Alps, but is put off by hordes of vacationers and turns around. Traveling restlessly, the theme of the movie (characterized by Roger Ebert) becomes clear: Delphine "is incapable of playing the dumb singles games that lead to one-night stands. She meets a new girlfriend, who flirts with two young men, and she flees in anger. She recoils from the pre-packaged lines of the guys she meets in bars and on trains. She simply cannot engage in that kind of mindless double-talk any longer. Beneath her boredom is genuine anger at the roles that single women are sometimes expected to play." While in Biarritz she eavesdrops on conversation about Jules Verne's novel Le Rayon Vert (The Green Ray). According to Verne, when one sees a rare green flash at sunset - our own thoughts and those of others are revealed as if by magic. At the Biarritz railway station she meets a young man who is travelling to Saint-Jean-de-Luz. She goes with him and together they observe le rayon vert (the Green flash).
The Girl and the Echo (1965)
, 1h5Directed by Arūnas Žebriūnas
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Naturisme, Le thème des vacances, Children's films
Actors Lina Braknytė
L'histoire raconte le drame d'une amitié brisée entre enfants. Une jeune fille de 12 ans se lie d'amitié avec un garçon qui lui semble plus intelligent et libre que ses camarades. Une amitié commence. La fille lui confie un secret : un rocher avec un écho. Mais lors d'une attaque par des voyous, elle est déçue car il la trahit en ne l'aidant pas, cherchant a obtenir la reconnaissance du groupe. Il ne l'obtient cependant pas davantage, et reste exclu et à l'écart. Retournant vers la fille, celle ci ne le chasse pas complètement, mais le lien d'amitié entre les deux enfants en garde les cicatrices, et ils ne redeviendront plus jamais complice comme auparavant.
Small Change (1976)
, 1h45Directed by François Truffaut
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Le thème des vacances
Actors Jean-François Stévenin, Virginie Thévenet, Georges Desmouceaux, Éva Truffaut, François Truffaut, Tania Torens
Small Change is a comedy with a serious message, based around the daily lives of young children in Thiers, France. Scenes include a baby and a cat perilously playing on an open windowsill, a girl causing confusion with a bullhorn, a double date at the movie theater, a kid telling a dirty joke, a botched haircut, as well as many scenes about school life. Yet throughout this the difficulties and responsibilities faced by children appear, including the ongoing story of a boy's experience of an abusive home. Truffaut gives a message of resilience in the face of injustice, vocalized through one of the teachers. The story ends with a message of hope, the school closing for the summer vacation, and one of the key characters finding his first love at a summer camp.
, 1h37Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, John Randolph
With Christmas only a few weeks away, Chicago resident Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) decides it is time to get a Christmas tree. He gathers his wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), daughter Audrey (Juliette Lewis) and son Rusty (Johnny Galecki) and drives out to the country where he picks out a huge tree. Realizing too late that they didn't bring any tools to cut the tree down, they are forced to uproot it instead.
Summer with Monika (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Le thème des vacances
Actors Harriet Andersson, Dagmar Ebbesen, Åke Fridell, Naemi Briese, Åke Grönberg, Sigge Fürst
The film's story begins in the bleak working-class milieu of Stockholm. Harry (Lars Ekborg) and Monika (Harriet Andersson) are both in dead end jobs when they meet. Harry is easygoing, while Monika is adventurous, but they fall in love. When Monika gets in trouble at home, Harry steals his father's boat, and he and Monika spend an idyllic summer in the Stockholm archipelago. When the end of the summer forces them to return home, it is clear that Monika is pregnant. Harry happily accepts responsibility and settles down with Monika and their child; he gets a real job and studies to provide for his family. Monika, however, is unsatisfied with her role as homemaker. She yearns for excitement and adventure, a desire which finally leads her astray. Harry is left behind with the child.
Claire's Knee (1970)
, 1h45Directed by Éric Rohmer
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Le thème des vacances
Actors Jean-Claude Brialy, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan, Aurora Cornu, Fabrice Luchini, Michèle Montel
The story happens between 29 June and 29 July, presumably in 1970. (Inter-title cards of the dates are displayed before the daily events are shown.)
Murmur of the Heart (1971)
, 1h58Directed by Louis Malle
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Scoutisme, Films about sexuality, Le thème des vacances, Erotic films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about virginity
Actors Benoît Ferreux, Lea Massari, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale, Ave Ninchi, Micheline Bona
Laurent Chevalier is a nearly 15-year-old boy living in Dijon in 1954, who loves jazz, always receives the highest grades in his class and who opposes the First Indochina War. He has an unloving father who's a gynecologist and an affectionate Italian mother, Clara, as well as two older brothers, Thomas and Marc. One night, Thomas and Marc take Laurent to a brothel, where Laurent loses his virginity to a prostitute before they are disrupted by his drunken brothers. Upset, he leaves on a scouting trip, where he catches scarlet fever and is left with a heart murmur.
, 1h23Directed by Patrice Leconte, Stéphane Clavier
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Le thème des vacances, Sports d'hiver, Ski
Actors Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, Josiane Balasko, Thierry Lhermitte
Friends of the first part can be found in the ski resort of Val d'Isere where Jerome, Gigi and Popeye work. Jerome and Gigi are now married : Gigi holds a pancake while Jerome exercised in his medical practice. Nathalie and Bernard, reconciled and fairly "new rich" are owners of a time share. Jean-Claude, always in search of a soul mate and still no seduction, desperately trying to dredge anything that moves. Christiane landed with a married man and much older than her, Marius. Popeye is now much less sure of himself: humiliated by his wife cheating on him with his cousin, he claims his friends that he is the manager of a ski shop when it was held by the same couple. During an exit off piste skiing, the group loses before being rescued by mountain peasants, which will make them taste artisan food and drink: first of pussy - a strong cheese soaked in fat , rinds, and wood alcohol for two or three seasons - and the shallot liquor found in garlic juice "because shallot alone, it s'rait too bland" in a parody of the famous scene Tontons gunslingers.
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
, 1h38Directed by Harold Ramis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Randy Quaid, Imogene Coca
Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase), wanting to spend more time with his wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) and children Rusty (Anthony Michael Hall) and Audrey (Dana Barron), decides to lead the family on a cross-country expedition from the Chicago area to the Los Angeles amusement park Walley World, billed as "America's Favorite Family Fun Park." Ellen wants to fly, but Clark insists on driving, so he can bond with his family. He has ordered a new car in preparation for the trip, but the dealer (Eugene Levy) claims that it will not be ready for six weeks. Clark is forced to accept a Wagon Queen Family Truckster, an ugly, out-sized station wagon, as the car he brought to trade in has already been hauled away and crushed.
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
, 1h35Directed by Jacques Tati
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Road movies
Actors Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, André Dubois, Raymond Carl, Suzy Willy, Lucien Frégis
Les vacances de M. Hulot follows the generally harmless misadventures of a lovable, gauche Frenchman, Monsieur Hulot (played by Tati himself), as he joins the "newly emerging holiday-taking classes" for an August vacation at a modest seaside resort. The film affectionately lampoons several hidebound elements of French political and economic classes, from chubby capitalists and self-important Marxist intellectuals to petty proprietors and drab dilettantes, most of whom find it nearly impossible to free themselves, even temporarily, from their rigid social roles in order to relax and enjoy life.
Pauline at the Beach (1983)
, 1h34Directed by Éric Rohmer
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Le thème des vacances
Actors Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory, Féodor Atkine, Rosette
A car pulls up in front of a wooden gate. Teenage Pauline (Amanda Langlet) gets out of the car to open the gate, as her older cousin Marion (Arielle Dombasle) drives inside their family's vacation home on the north-western coast of France. As the girls settle in to their trip, Marion quizzes Pauline on her love life, and Pauline confesses that she has not had any serious affairs of the heart.
The Grand Highway (1987)
, 1h44Directed by Jean-Loup Hubert
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Le thème des vacances
Actors Anémone, Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert, Christine Pascal, Vanessa Guedj, Pascale Roberts
Louis, a sickly nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she is having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine, the ten-year-old girl next door, and learns from her about life. His subsequent adventures run the gamut from delightful to terrifying, with a little "coming of age" (via a few glimpses of nudity) thrown in. Also animal brutality.
The Go-Between (1971)
, 1h58Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Le thème des vacances
Actors Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Edward Fox, Dominic Guard, Michael Redgrave
The story follows a young boy named Leo Colston (Dominic Guard), who in the year 1900 is invited by a school friend, Marcus Maudsley (Richard Gibson), to spend the summer holidays at a Norfolk country house occupied by his family. While Leo is there, Marcus is taken sick, and Leo finds himself becoming a messenger (go-between) carrying messages between Marcus's older sister, Marian Maudsley (Julie Christie), and a farmer neighbour, Ted Burgess (Alan Bates) with whom she is secretly in love. However, her parents want her to become engaged to the owner of the house and estate, Hugh, Viscount Trimingham (played by Edward Fox). A heatwave leads to a thunderstorm, which coincides with Leo's birthday party and the climax of the film, when Marion's mother and Leo find Marion and Burgess making love in an outbuilding. This event has a long-lasting impact on Leo, and Burgess shoots himself with his own gun in his farmhouse kitchen.