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Six Days in Spring (2025)

Six Days in Spring poster
Original title
Six jours, ce printemps-là
Directed by
Joachim Lafosse
Genre
drama film, comedy drama
Country
France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
12
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman secretly takes her children to her ex in-laws' empty house on the French Riviera for a short holiday. She tries to create a carefree week for them while dealing with her own desperation and the weight of the lie.

tenseemotionally chargedmelancholicintimateslow-burngently humorousunderstatedyearning

What happens

Six Days in Spring (French: Six jours ce printemps-là) is a 2025 drama film directed by Joachim Lafosse, who co-wrote the screenplay with Chloé Duponchelle and Paul Ismaël. The film stars Eye Haïdara as a desperate woman who borrows her ex in-laws' house on the French Riviera to spend a short holiday with her children without telling them. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 19 September 2025, where it won Silver Shell for Best Director and Jury Prize for Best Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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