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Alternate Weeks (and Half the Vacation)

Alternate Weeks (and Half the Vacation)

2009•1h 38m•5.3/10
DramaFamily

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5.3/10(90)

A 12 year old girl and her 8 year old brother live one week with their mother and the next week with their father. The girl blamers her mother, a super businesswoman for the divorce and turns all her anger on her. She prefers the weeks with her father who is flat broke after leaving his bank job to give people free hugs on street corners. Her brother channels his sense of injustice into the battle to save the planet. As the school year progresses and her parents struggle to mend their lives and as the girl approaches her 13th birthday, she learns to see the world in a new way.

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Production

Mandarin Film

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mathilde Seigner

Mathilde Seigner

Marjorie

Bernard Campan

Bernard Campan

François

Bertille Chabert

Bertille Chabert

Léa

Judith Davis

Judith Davis

Pauline

Grégori Derangère

Grégori Derangère

Jérôme

Danièle Lebrun

Danièle Lebrun

Nicole, la mère de Marjorie

Jean-Baptiste Fonck

Jean-Baptiste Fonck

Maxime

Anne Charrier

Anne Charrier

Clara

Alain Debruyne

Alain Debruyne

L'avocat

Camille Bardery

Camille Bardery

Le prof de gym

Christine Gagnieux

Le juge

François Toumarkine

François Toumarkine

Le prof de musique

Manon Valentin

Manon Valentin

Chloé

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