When a Dutch family drives back home from a holiday in Germany and stops at a rest area, it is already clear this is probably their last trip together. But then a marital crisis, the heat, restless hormones and suppressed frustrations unexpectedly interlock.
Acting
Koen De Graeve and Rifka Lodeizen weaponize passive aggression.
Direction
Tight blocking turns a car into a pressure cooker.
Director
Robbie van Brussel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Co-directors Van Brussel and Rookus made this as their Netherlands Film Academy graduation film.
The mundane rest stop setting deliberately mocks Dutch-German border tourism clichés.
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