Every Other Weekend (film)
{{Infobox film
| name = Every Other Weekend
| image = Every Other Weekend.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Nicole Garcia
| writer = Jacques Fieschi
Nicole Garcia
Anne-Marie Etienne
Philippe Le Guay
| starring = Nathalie Baye
| music = Oswald d'Andréa
| cinematography = William Lubtchansky
| editing = Agnès Guillemot
Jacqueline Mariani
| producer = Alain Sarde
| distributor = MK2 Diffusion
| released = {{Film date|1990|8|29|df=y}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
}}
Every Other Weekend ({{langx|fr|Un week-end sur deux}}) is a 1990 French drama film written and directed by Nicole Garcia. It marked the directorial debut of Garcia.{{cite book|last1=Dayna Oscherwitz, MaryEllen Higgins|title=The A to Z of French Cinema|date=2 September 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press, 2009|isbn=978-0810870383}}
It premiered out of competition at the 47th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite news|last1=Giorgio Cecchetti|title=A Venezia spira il vento dell'ovest| newspaper=La Repubblica|page=25|date=31 July 1990}} It was nominated for two César Award, for best debut film and for best actress (to Nathalie Baye).
Synopsis
Camille 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
- 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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0100840}}
{{Nicole Garcia}}
Category:Films directed by Nicole Garcia
Category:1990 directorial debut films
Category:1990s French-language films
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