Summer Vacation[1] (Spanish: Vacaciones de verano) is a 2023 Spanish comedy film directed by Santiago Segura which stars Segura, Leo Harlem, Cristina Gallego, and Patricia Conde.
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| Spanish | Vacaciones de verano |
| Directed by | Santiago Segura |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editIn Summer vacation time, divorced buddies Óscar and Félix apply for a temporary job as children's entertainers at an hotel, bringing in their own children so they can manage work-life interface.[2][3]
Cast
edit- Leo Harlem as Óscar[3]
- Santiago Segura as Félix[3]
- Patricia Conde[3]
- Cristina Gallego[3]
- Sirena Segura[3]
- Javier García[3]
- Hugo Simón[3]
- Daniela Pintado[3]
Production
editThe film was written by Marta González de Vega and Santiago Segura.[3] It is a Bowfinger International Pictures and Chapuzas Audiovisuales AIE production, with the participation of Netflix and Atresmedia, in association with Mogambo.[2] It was shot in Tenerife in late 2022.[4]
Release
editDistributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia,[2] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 6 July 2023. It made a €1,079,026 gross in its opening weekend (good for a 2nd position at the Spanish box office after Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny), with a total of €1,296,375 (198,140 admissions) adding Thursday 6 figures.[5]
Reception
editRubén Romero Santos of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, underscoring it to be Santiago Segura's most successful film in a long time.[6]
Fausto Fernández of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be perhaps the best-rounded of the Santiago Segura films belonging to the director's all-audience era.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Summer Vacation". Netflix. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Vacaciones de verano y Te estoy amando locamente". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 6 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Montiel, Marisa (6 July 2023). "La comedia veraniega de Santiago Segura marca este jueves los estrenos semanales". Agencia EFE.
- ^ Ginovés, Patricia (27 June 2023). "Santiago Segura estrena su última película, rodada en parte en Siam Park". El Día. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Rull, Carles (10 July 2023). "Santiago Segura e Indiana Jones dominan la taquilla en España". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Romero Santos, Rubén (4 July 2023). "'Vacaciones de verano': apología de la España del todo incluido". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Fernández, Fausto (4 July 2023). "Crítica de 'Vacaciones de verano', la carta de amor al género de Santiago Segura". Fotogramas.