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Our Happy Holiday
Representation Score
4.8/10
Fair
2018
Director
Patrick Cassir
Runtime
102 minutes
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Our Happy Holiday is a character-driven romantic comedy that largely adheres to conventional genre clichés. While it avoids direct subversion, it introduces subtle layers of cultural interest through its protagonists' conflicting travel goals. The film's strength lies in its slight departure from a homogeneous European experience by contrasting Beirut and Biarritz. However, it remains anchored in a standard straight-centered structure, lacking explicit LGBTQ+ representation and characters with disabilities.
Category Breakdown
Does Our Happy Holiday have LGBTQ+ representation?
The film focuses on a traditional heterosexual relationship between Marion and Ben, following a common romantic comedy framework.
How does Our Happy Holiday portray gender?
Marion's desire to visit Beirut highlights a potential for women's ability to drive the story and personal choice, reflecting her individual preferences.
How racially and ethnically diverse is Our Happy Holiday?
The film introduces cultural diversity through the protagonists' differing travel aspirations, moving beyond a purely Western perspective.
How does Our Happy Holiday represent religion and culture?
Unplanned travel creates a contrast between Beirut and Biarritz, highlighting different cultural environments.
Does Our Happy Holiday include disability representation?
There is no mention of characters with visible or invisible disabilities within the narrative.
Present on Screen
- Introduces cultural diversity through the protagonists' differing travel aspirations.
- Highlights potential women's ability to drive the story through Marion's specific travel desires.
- Disrupts traditional structures of organized bourgeois leisure through unplanned travel.
Limited or Absent
- Relies on a standard romantic comedy framework.
- Lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ characters or critiques of the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.
- Does not feature characters with visible or invisible disabilities.
Official Synopsis
Marion and Ben, thirty years old, meet on Tinder. That's about all they have in common; but the opposites attract each other, and they decide in the early morning of their meeting to go on vacation together despite the advice of their entourage. They will finally leave - to Bulgaria, halfway to their dream destinations: Beirut for Marion, Biarritz for Ben. Without a precise plan and, as they will soon discover, with very different conceptions of what a dream holiday should be.
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