All summer long, a group of people circumnavigate each other. A group of people who are so close and yet so alienated from one another. Their isolated holiday home is the site for a resurgence of smouldering conflicts and lifelong illusions that threaten to wreck the family’s fragile unity forever.
Acting
Eichhorn and Winkler's passive-aggressive sisterhood is devastatingly precise.
Direction
Arslan's quiet observation lets discomfort bloom like mold.
Cinematography
Harsh summer light exposes every wrinkle and lie.
Director
Thomas Arslan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'Berlin School' movement—Arslan studied with Angela Schanelec, explaining the excruciating patience.
The vacation house itself is the antagonist: isolated enough to trap them, beautiful enough to mock their misery.
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