Summer Vacation (2023 film)

Summer Vacation
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Vacaciones de verano
Directed by	Santiago Segura
Written by	Marta González de Vega Santiago Segura
Produced by	Santiago Segura María Luisa Gutiérrez
Starring	Santiago Segura Leo Harlem Patricia Conde Cristina Gallego
Production companies	Bowfinger International Pictures Chapuzas Audiovisuales AIE
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia
Release date	6 July 2023 (2023-07-06)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

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.

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.[2][3]

Cast

• 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

The film was written by Marta González de Vega [es] 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

Distributed 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

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.[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

• List of Spanish films of 2023

References

1. "Summer Vacation". Netflix. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
2. "Vacaciones de verano y Te estoy amando locamente". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 6 July 2023.
3. Montiel, Marisa (6 July 2023). "La comedia veraniega de Santiago Segura marca este jueves los estrenos semanales". Agencia EFE.
4. Ginovés, Patricia (27 June 2023). "Santiago Segura estrena su última película, rodada en parte en Siam Park". El Día. Prensa Ibérica.
5. Rull, Carles (10 July 2023). "Santiago Segura e Indiana Jones dominan la taquilla en España". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
6. Romero Santos, Rubén (4 July 2023). "'Vacaciones de verano': apología de la España del todo incluido". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
7. Fernández, Fausto (4 July 2023). "Crítica de 'Vacaciones de verano', la carta de amor al género de Santiago Segura". Fotogramas.