Day Off

2h 7min

Drama

Comedy

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.

Production Companies

Euripide Productions

TF1 Films Production

Cast

Vincent Lindon

Vincent Lindon

Martin Socoa
Olivier Gourmet

Olivier Gourmet

Denis Pelloutier
Anne Le Ny

Anne Le Ny

Marie Pelloutier
Kelly Acoca

Kelly Acoca

Mathilde
Isabelle Carré

Isabelle Carré

Antonella Lorca
Isabelle Candelier

Isabelle Candelier

Vitalie Rambaud
Armelle

Armelle

Marie-Thérèse, Vitalie's sister
Christian Morin

Christian Morin

Agenore Esposito
Katia Tchenko

Katia Tchenko

Huguette Lepange
Roger Trapp

Roger Trapp

Grand-Pré
Reinhardt Wagner

Reinhardt Wagner

Tired teacher
Luis Rego

Luis Rego

Mercier
Hervé Pierre

Hervé Pierre

Socoa's lawyer
Pierre Banderet

Pierre Banderet

Prosecutor Vivien
Nicole Turpin

Nicole Turpin

Mrs Vivien
Amar Belhadi

Amar Belhadi

Mr Laroume
Pascale Belhadi

Pascale Belhadi

Mrs Laroume
Quentin Baillot

Quentin Baillot

Patrick, Saïd's friend
Corinne Corson

Corinne Corson

Isabelle's mother
Khayem Malek

Khayem Malek

Poker friend
Jean Hernandez

Jean Hernandez

poker friend
Léo Douek

Léo Douek

poker friend
Roland Ascer

Roland Ascer

poker friend
Olivier Chiavassa

Olivier Chiavassa

poker friend
Stéphane Levy

Stéphane Levy

poker friend
Bernard Bourdon

Bernard Bourdon

PMU friend
Paul Minthe

Paul Minthe

supermarket manager
Loïs Di Qual

Loïs Di Qual

Bruno Ingarra
André Thorent

André Thorent

Agency director
Thérèse Nivet

Thérèse Nivet

Agency secretary
François Le Cars

François Le Cars

Frank, the dealer
Laurence Colin

Laurence Colin

Frank's wife
Gaëlle Pascoët

Gaëlle Pascoët

singing teacher
Marie Le Corf

Marie Le Corf

piano player
Yvonne Clavreul

Yvonne Clavreul

a passerby
Frédéric Louineau

Frédéric Louineau

Mr Le Gourvellec
Sarah Reyjausse

Sarah Reyjausse

Mrs Le Gourvellec
Danny Lardière

Danny Lardière

train controller
Dominique Paul-Boncourt

Dominique Paul-Boncourt

fashion show organizer
Florence Michelle

Florence Michelle

receptionist
Guy Boucard

Guy Boucard

Garage mechanic
Alexandre Lafaurie

Alexandre Lafaurie

train doctor
Jean-Claude Muraillon

Jean-Claude Muraillon

angry passenger
Damien Passenay

Damien Passenay

soldier on leave
Olivier Giraudeau

Olivier Giraudeau

nurse rugbyman
Vincent Denis

Vincent Denis

Nurse rugbyman
Mario Joseph

Mario Joseph

field owner

Release date

28th Mar 2001

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français