Stolen Holidays | |
Native Name: | Les Petites Vacances |
Director: | Olivier Peyon |
Starring: | Bernadette Lafont |
Music: | Jérome Baur |
Cinematography: | Alexis Kavyrchine |
Editing: | Fabrice Rouaud |
Distributor: | Pierre Grise Distribution |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
Gross: | $120.000[1] |
Stolen Holidays (French: Les Petites Vacances) is a 2006 French drama film directed by Olivier Peyon.
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.
Jumping at every opportunity presented to them, Danielle soon transforms this day-outing into an impromptu holiday. Only what starts out as a fun adventure gradually turns into an inexorable deconstructing experience, and it soon becomes impossible for Danielle to contemplate taking the kids back…