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Released: March 28, 2001 Runtime: 127 min Rating: 5.7/10

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Day Off (2001) leans into its genre DNA with a straightforward setup and a clear, watchable rhythm. It favors steady pacing and a few well-timed beats over constant escalation, which makes it easy to follow. The cast—featuring Vincent Lindon, Alessandra Martines, and Victoria Lafaurie—helps anchor the story and sell the character chemistry. Ratings hover around 5.7/10, and it’s likely to land best with fans of the genre. Streaming, rental, and purchase options can change by region and date—check this page for the latest availability.

Day Off (2001)

Rating 5.341

Released: March 28, 2001 Runtime: 127 min : 5.659/10 from 22 votes

Cast: Vincent Lindon, Alessandra Martines, Victoria Lafaurie, Catherine Frot, Olivier Gourmet, Anne Le Ny

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.