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Day Off

2001 · 127 min Drama Comedy
5.3 / 10 · TMDB

Wednesday is the day when children are not in school and stay at home. It is also the day when the parents are not there. In Nantes, in the spring, twenty or so carefree and boisterous kids between the ages of three and eleven take advantage of this day to make their parents go crazy. Emma, 9 years old and naturally romantic, decides that Roland, the little boy she met in the street, is unhappy and persuades her friends to adopt him. Victoria spends the day with Martin Socoa, an often distant father whom she learns to love. There are also Muriel, Bruno, Colette and Henri who take off and create panic in their parents' home, while Marylin lives the founding drama of her childhood with a mother of an unreal sweetness. Throughout these little stories, we realize that the world of children has its own logic, totally different from that of adults.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Mercredi, folle journée !
Year 2001
Country France
Genre Drama, Comedy
Director Pascal Thomas
Runtime 127 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.3/10 (22 votes)

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The film constructs a mosaic of small, almost documentary-like sketches, relying on the improvisational energy of its young cast. It explores childhood perception as a parallel universe where serious decisions are made lightly and adult problems are refracted through a unique prism.

What lingers after viewing is a warm, unsentimental portrait where mischief coexists with first revelations, and the general chaos forms a precise and touching picture of a fleeting moment. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Pascal Thomas

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From the couch on a lazy afternoon, with a light heart. Perfect comfort viewing.

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