Millennial burnout goes on a very German vacation. What could possibly not happen?
Vivi is exhausted. Actually, she is about to become an attorney and to move in together with her boyfriend Adam, but somehow, she is stuck. She tries to flee back to her Moms couch, only to find that there is no more space for her. Vivi's father assumes that she needs some rest and sends her to an island...
Acting
Hammelstein's exhausted everywoman—relatable without being cute.
Direction
Knoller lets silence do the heavy lifting.
Director
Bernadette Knoller
Britta Hammelstein
Vivi Baumann
Jerome Hirthammer
Eric
Inga Busch
Biene
Detlev Buck
Papa
Golo Euler
Adam
Anatole Taubman
Dr. Ossowski
Ferdinand von Schirach
Otto
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Vivis Mutter
Tilman Döbler
Pete
Rita Feldmeier
Richterin
Judith Goldberg
Angeklagte
Gabriele Gysi
Protokollantin
Leon Ullrich
Vertreter in der Fußgängerzone
Lea van Acken
Lea
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ferien captures a specifically German genre: the 'Heimatfilm' inverted—instead of finding yourself in nature, you find you're still you.
Director Bernadette Knoller studied under Angela Schanelec; the Berlin School influence shows in every held shot of waves doing nothing.
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