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My Pastor Among the Nudists (1982)
, 1h30Directed by Robert Thomas
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Naturisme, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Le thème des vacances, Erotic films
Actors Paul Préboist, Georges Descrières, Henri Génès, Brigitte Auber, Françoise Engel, Jean-Marc Thibault
French comedy about a local priest with a good mood who is sent to teach morals at a nudist colony with hilarious consequences.
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.
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.
The Little Bather (1968)
, 1h29Directed by Robert Dhéry
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, La provence, Transport films, Le thème des vacances
Actors Louis de Funès, Andréa Parisy, Franco Fabrizi, Michel Galabru, Pierre Dac, Colette Brosset
Lors de l'inauguration et de la bénédiction de la vedette rapide L'Increvable, fierté des chantiers Fourchaume, la coque de celle-ci est transpercée par la traditionnelle bouteille de champagne. Hors de lui, le directeur Louis-Philippe Fourchaume (Louis de Funès), fils du fondateur des chantiers, renvoie sur le champ le concepteur du bateau, André Castagnier (Robert Dhéry), avant même que celui-ci ait eu le temps d'apprendre à son patron qu'une autre de ses créations, un petit voilier à la coque révolutionnaire baptisé Petit Baigneur, vient de remporter en Italie les « Régates de Sanremo » et l'« Oscar de la Voile ». Une fois informé et alléché par les perspectives commerciales d'un tel succès, Fourchaume dispose, avec son épouse, d'un dimanche pour tenter de rattraper son erreur et de convaincre Castagnier de travailler de nouveau pour lui.
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.
Year of the Jellyfish (1984)
, 1h50Directed by Christopher Frank
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, La provence, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Le thème des vacances, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Bernard Giraudeau, Valérie Kaprisky, Caroline Cellier, Jacques Perrin, Pierre Vaneck, Emmanuelle Seigner
Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.
Descent Into Hell (1986)
, 1h28Directed by Francis Girod
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Seafaring films, Transport films, Le thème des vacances
Actors Claude Brasseur, Sophie Marceau, Betsy Blair, Hippolyte Girardot, Sidiki Bakaba, Gérard Rinaldi
Descente aux enfers is a psychological thriller set under the sun and heat of the Caribbean, relating the story of a married couple at the breaking point. An alcoholic husband Alan Kolber (Claude Brasseur) and his 20 years younger wife Lola (Sophie Marceau) unexpectedly manage to get reunited through tragedies and secrets, despite the guilt and sorrow involved.
Restons groupés (1998)
, 1h41Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Le thème des vacances
Actors Emma de Caunes, Samuel Le Bihan, Bruno Solo, Bernard Le Coq, Judy Herrera, Estelle Larrivaz
Un groupe de touristes francais part en voyage dans l'Ouest américain via l'agence Dream Tour. Mais le tour-operateur fait faillite et confie ses touristes à un jeune garcon débrouillard mais pas du tout préparé à affronter ce genre de situation.
August 15th (2001)
, 1h30Directed by Patrick Alessandrin
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Le thème des vacances
Actors Richard Berry, Charles Berling, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Mélanie Thierry, Ludmila Mikaël, Blandine Bury
Some middle aged men quickly have a crisis on their hands when their wives depart leaving them to look after the boisterous kids.
Stolen Holidays (2007)
, 1h30Directed by Olivier Peyon
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Le thème des vacances
Actors Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Adèle Csech, Claire Nadeau, Éric Savin, Jocelyne Desverchère
Danielle (Bernadette Lafont), a grandmother in her sixties, is planning to take her two grandchildren to their father’s house for the Easter vacation. Since retiring as a schoolteacher, Danielle has regularly taken on this responsibility after her daughter’s divorce. This time, however, the children’s father is not there to welcome them, giving Danielle the opportunity to spend a bit more time with her grandchildren and to take them out for the day.
, 1h38Directed by Nina Companeez
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Le thème des vacances
Actors Francis Huster, Muriel Catala, Isabelle Adjani, Maurice Garrel, Jacques Spiesser, Nathalie Baye
Faustine, a romantic teenager, decides to spend her summer in the countryside with her grandparents. Upon her arrival she briefly meets a teenager named Joachim and quickly becomes obsessed with his family, spying on them from a distance.
The Old Maid (1972)
, 1h25Directed by Jean-Pierre Blanc
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Le thème des vacances
Actors Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Marthe Keller, Édith Scob, Catherine Samie, Michael Lonsdale
Muriel (Annie Girardot) is a shy woman who bluffs and blusters around in order to hide her shyness and to protect her loneliness, even though she longs wistfully for a companion of some sort. She has been lonely so long that now she is an old maid and has never been wooed. But Muriel finally gets a glimpse of romance when Gabriel (Philippe Noiret) walks into the seaside hotel she is vacationing in. His car has broken down, and he has to stay there for a few days while it is repaired. Hers is the only dinner table with room at it, and Gabriel cannot prevent himself from charming women. She is stiff with him at first, but soon they develop a friendship.
The Best Way to Walk (1976)
, 1h22Directed by Claude Miller
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Le thème des vacances, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films about psychiatry, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Patrick Dewaere, Patrick Jean Marie Bouchitté, Christine Pascal, Claude Piéplu, Michel Blanc, Marc Chapiteau
Marc and Philippe are two teenage summer-camp counselors at a vacation camp somewhere in the French country in 1960. Marc is very virile, while Philippe is more reserved. One night, Marc surprises Philippe dressed and made-up like a woman. From now on, he will keep on humiliating Philippe. Despite their late-adolescent rivalries and sexual confusion, each of them achieves some sort of awakening.
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.
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
, 1h48Directed by Bertrand Blier, Jean-Jacques Aublanc
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Le thème des vacances, Erotic films, La sexualité des mineurs
Actors Carole Laure, Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Michel Serrault, Eléonore Hirt, Jean Rougerie
Raoul (Gérard Depardieu) and his wife Solange (Carole Laure) are eating in a restaurant when Raoul expresses concern with Solange's apparent depression, as she eats little, suffers migraines and insomnia and also sometimes faints. He finds another man in the room, Stéphane (Patrick Dewaere), to be her lover and hopefully enliven her again. Stéphane is puzzled by Raoul's plan but gives in to his desperate appeals for help. The two men take turns sleeping with Solange, and both try to impregnate her without success, believing a lack of a child to be the source of her depression.