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Wednesday is the day when children are not in school and stay at home. It is also the day when the parents are not there. In Nantes, in the spring, twenty or so carefree and boisterous kids between the ages of three and eleven take advantage of this day to make their parents go crazy. Emma, 9 years old and naturally romantic, decides that Roland, the little boy she met in the street, is unhappy and persuades her friends to adopt him. Victoria spends the day with Martin Socoa, an often distant father whom she learns to love. There are also Muriel, Bruno, Colette and Henri who take off and create panic in their parents' home, while Marylin lives the founding drama of her childhood with a mother of an unreal sweetness. Throughout these little stories, we realize that the world of children has its own logic, totally different from that of adults.

Against the backdrop of Athens' bustling streets, a Greek white-collar worker starts his day off by doing various errands, and even though he hasn't worked all day, in reality, he is exhausted. Is this what his typical day off looks like?

Wallace D. Popple is having a bad day. Today, life kicks Wallace D. Popple in the balls... Literally. The narrator chronicles Wallace’s pitiful existence in the corporate mincer against a backdrop of painful mishaps and begs the question; Is Wallace’s luckless day just desserts for a spineless existence in a job he despises? Within this off-kilter tale about happiness lies a twist for the twisted.

After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.

A woman who has owned a barbershop for over 40 years determines to embark on a long journey to cut the hair of an old customer who has moved away and is too sick to travel.

Everyone needs a little time to themselves. A day off, to recuperate and reflect was what Dale McCraig thought he needed. But in the neighborhood of Crensville it isn't always guaranteed.

The gang celebrates "Raid Day" a day off from medicinal marijuana delivery in recognition of the other state-legal cannabis companies who have been raided by the feds. A mystery gift basket sends the guys to the massage parlor which doesn't really turn out quite how they imagined.

Day Off is a crime movie starring Nick Cheung

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a man just back from the war front visits the doctor with a medical emergency, followed by a woman who claims to have been molested. Then a yakuza arrives to ask the doctor to cut his finger off...

Vera with three children and husband Vitya goes on weekend trip to visit husband's old friend at country house with swimming pool. Katya, her new boyfriend Dima and Vitya drink wine and relax while Vera is busy with children. She breastfeeds month-old Kristi and ensures that children don't drown. Vera meets physiological needs and solves all problems jealously watching her husband who ignores her.

One Sunday, a penniless unmarried young South Korean couple meet, as they do every Sunday; while the pregnant young woman believes they are not ready to bring a child into the world, the young man decides to go visit his friends to borrow money for delivery.

Gena and Cheburashka have a day off. But each of them wants to spend it in their own way: Gena dreams of relaxing with a newspaper and a cup of tea, and Cheburashka cannot sit still for a minute. Will the friends be able to find a solution and spend the day together?

A curious story follows Kafka Hibino while uncovering Lieutenant Hoshina's questionable activities during an unusual day off.

Sergei’s life differs in no way from the life of other people. Work, family and days off spent before the TV set. That’s his comfort zone: in order to protect it, he is ready for any kind of compromise... or nearly any. Once, leaving his home for some family business, he returns as a completely different person.

‘Hipster’ Erik finds a new goal when sees the au pair of the neighbours sunbathing in the garden: to prove that he is not a forty-year-old familyman living in a suburb with the task to mow the lawn.

The story of a lovely snake family. How they spend a holiday by the sea – swim, play ball, sail, sunbathe, eat ice cream. Like all of us. And then evening comes, and the holiday is over.

Two Merry Jokers get "caught with the goods." Leah and Lizette receive notes from their respective admirers, who wish to arrange a holiday party. Leah suggests that the three come to her house and have a jolly time. The two sweethearts, Tony and Fritz, are married men, Tony being Fritz's father-in-law. Each leaves home in the morning, claiming to have an important engagement for the day. Fritz arrives first, with parcels of good things to eat, and Lizette and her friend Tony arrive soon after. The scene which follows may be better imagined than described. However the two men pledge secrecy, and the party proves a huge success. An unexpected sequel follows the next day, for the wives happen to make purchases at the millinery shop in which the girls are employed. On delivering the hats, Leah and Lizette meet their sweethearts and learn that they are married men. Accusations, excuses and a general scrimmage follow. In which the husbands certainly "get theirs." —Moving Picture World

It is policeman Ma Tianmin’s day off, and his chief’s wife has fixed him up with Liu Ping, a young woman she knows. But, on his way to keep the date, Ma, who embodies all the qualities of an exemplary member of the new communist society, stops many times to help people in need. In a Shanghai fully involved in the Great Leap Forward, will the kind-hearted socialist hero get the girl?

A day in the life of Rick Linklater, taking in a conference call with some young studio executives and a session with a psychologist.

About the Perm Art Gallery, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 1983.

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

When events at work prove too stressful for Douglas Knott, a diligent and extremely busy office manager, he decides to throw a sickie. Unfortunately, his attempts to enjoy a day off are soon sabotaged by the insidious voice of his conscience. Literally.

A young woman decides to take a different approach to meeting the man of her dreams.