Day Off
2001Wednesday 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.
Acted in
Vincent Lindon
as Martin Socoa
Alessandra Martines
as Madame Socoa
Victoria Lafaurie
as Victoria
Catherine Frot
as Sophie
Olivier Gourmet
as Denis Pelloutier
Anne Le Ny
as Marie Pelloutier
Kelly Acoca
as Mathilde
Isabelle Carré
as Antonella Lorca
Clara Navarro
as Marylin
Nathalie Lafaurie
as Maryvonne
Isabelle Candelier
as Vitalie Rambaud
Armelle
as Marie-Thérèse, Vitalie's sister
Marie Helffer
as Sarah
Emma Picoron
as Emma
Maxime Desormières
as Maxime
Elodie Velho
as Noémie
Mathilde Hochet
as France
Christian Morin
as Agenore Esposito
Armonie Sanders
as Muriel
Katia Tchenko
as Huguette Lepange
Roger Trapp
as Grand-Pré
Reinhardt Wagner
as Tired teacher
Maurice Risch
as Grogneau
Luis Rego
as Mercier
Hervé Pierre
as Socoa's lawyer
Pierre Banderet
as Prosecutor Vivien
Nicole Turpin
as Mrs Vivien
Ondine Dupont
as Colette
Clément Thomas
as policeman
Frédéric Duru
as policeman
Amar Belhadi
as Mr Laroume
Pascale Belhadi
as Mrs Laroume
Samia Belhadi
as Samia
Sabrina Belhadi
as Sabrina
Mehdi Belhadi
as Saïd
Quentin Baillot
as Patrick, Saïd's friend
Corinne Corson
as Isabelle's mother
Sophie Lévêque
as Isabelle
Khayem Malek
as Poker friend
Jean Hernandez
as poker friend
Léo Douek
as poker friend
Roland Ascer
as poker friend
Olivier Chiavassa
as poker friend
Stéphane Levy
as poker friend
Daniel Leibovitz
as PMU friend
Bernard Bourdon
as PMU friend
Albert Dray
as Dédé
Michel Champetier
as Chatel
Antoine Chamaillard
as Henry Chatel
Paul Minthe
as supermarket manager
Jean-Pierre Payrat
as Mr Ingarra
Loredana Lanciano
as Mrs Ingarra
Loïs Di Qual
as Bruno Ingarra
André Thorent
as Agency director
Thérèse Nivet
as Agency secretary
Nicole Guihéneuf
as Nicole
François Le Cars
as Frank, the dealer
Laurence Colin
as Frank's wife
Gaëlle Pascoët
as singing teacher
Marie Le Corf
as piano player
Yvonne Clavreul
as a passerby
Daniel Garandeau
as A passerby
Jean-Claude Caillard
as A passerby
Serge Plat
as beggar
Frédéric Louineau
as Mr Le Gourvellec
Sarah Reyjausse
as Mrs Le Gourvellec
Augustin Hochet
as Augustin
Danny Lardière
as train controller
Gilles Tartrou
as Cat man
Dominique Paul-Boncourt
as fashion show organizer
Florence Michelle
as receptionist
Guy Boucard
as Garage mechanic
Alexandre Lafaurie
as train doctor
Jean-Claude Muraillon
as angry passenger
Damien Passenay
as soldier on leave
Olivier Giraudeau
as nurse rugbyman
Vincent Denis
as Nurse rugbyman
Gérard Trégouet
as controller
Mario Joseph
as field owner