The Long Long Holiday

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The Long Long Holiday
Les Grandes Grandes Vacances
Genre
Created by
Directed byPaul Leluc
Composer Syd Matters
Country of originFrance
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10 (sometimes shown as 5)
Production
Executive producersLes Armateurs:
Reginald de Guillebon
Running time49 minutes (26 minutes for segment)
Production companies
Original release
Network France 3
ReleaseApril 20 (2015-04-20) 
April 30, 2015 (2015-04-30)

The Long Long Holiday (Les Grandes Grandes Vacances) is a French animated series broadcast in 2015 on France 3, which tells the story of the German occupation of France during the Second World War through the perspectives of children in Normandy.

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In September 1939, Colette and Ernest are welcomed by their maternal grandparents in a fictional village named Grangeville (based on an actual village, Varangeville-sur-Mer), near Dieppe in Normandy. The short vacation becomes semi-permanent when their father goes off to fight, following the mobilization of France to fight the invading German Army, and the poor health of their mother, required to leave to be treated for tuberculosis in a sanatorium in Switzerland. The two little Parisians discover life in the countryside during wartime, including occupation, Resistance, deprivation, but also life with friends.

The ten-episode mini-series (sometimes shown as five episodes, including on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video) was created by Émile Bravo (graphic design), Paul Leluc (director), and Delphine Maury (author), and produced by Les Armateurs Cyber Group Studios. [1] [2] Olivier Vinuesa and Alain Serluppus assisted Delphine Maury at the beginning of the writing on the narrative arc, then Guillaume Mautalent and Sébastien Oursel became co-writers on the whole series, along with Timothée de Fombelle, who also lent a hand on the arc of the ten episodes. Syd Matters composed the music for the series. [3]

In 2016 the show won Best Children's TV Program by the Paris Radio and Television Club. [4]

Characters

Voice cast

English dub

French Dub

Episode list

English Language episode titles when shown as five episodes

  1. The Long, Long Holiday
  2. The Exodus
  3. Facing the Enemy
  4. Resistant Youths
  5. The End of the War

English Language episode titled when shown as ten episodes [5] [6]

  1. The Long, Long Holiday
  2. The Strange War
  3. The Exodus
  4. The Secret
  5. Letters to My Father
  6. Fell From The Sky
  7. To Your Star
  8. The Small Supporters
  9. The Long Sobs
  10. The Wind of Freedom

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References

  1. "The Long, Long Holiday". Cyber Group Studios. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. "The Long, Long Holiday". Netflix. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. http://www.lesarmateurs-lesite.fr/fiches/38-les-grandes-grandes-vacances.html [ dead link ]
  4. "'Long Long Holiday' Receives Best Children's Program Award". Animation Magazine. February 17, 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. https://watch.plex.tv/show/the-long-long-holiday/season/1
  6. https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Long-Long-Holiday/0G206JCIFJMATURPD64WQ57SPY

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  1. "Les Grandes Grandes Vacances Information PDF" (PDF).