Summer Vacation (2023 film)
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| Directed by | Santiago Segura |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Vacaciones de verano is a 2023 Spanish comedy film directed by Santiago Segura which stars Segura, Leo Harlem, Cristina Gallego, and Patricia Conde.
Plot
In 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.[1][2]
Cast
- Leo Harlem as Óscar[2]
- Santiago Segura as Félix[2]
- Patricia Conde[2]
- Cristina Gallego[2]
- Sirena Segura[2]
- Javier García[2]
- Hugo Simón[2]
- Daniela Pintado[2]
Production
The film was written by Marta González de Vega and Santiago Segura.[2] It is a Bowfinger International Pictures and Chapuzas Audiovisuales AIE production, with the participation of Netflix and Atresmedia, in association with Mogambo.[1] It was shot in Tenerife in late 2022.[3]
Release
Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia,[1] 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.[4]
Reception
Rubén 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.[5]
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.[6]
See also
References
- ^ 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.