One night. Four friends. Zero chill. This summer escape goes sideways FAST.
Best friends, a special day, one night that gets out of control. It’s the end of term. Mona celebrates the beginning of the holidays with her friends Lisa, Joana and Paul and lots of beer at the beach. Mona’s new boyfriend is missing in their quartet. He has to work as a civil servant at the Red Cross until midnight. Later they want to meet at the Open-Air. The others from their crew are already at the festival. Especially Emil and his unavoidable shadow Chin are by now partying hard as the first band enters the stage. They are going to drink away their school stress. That’s the plan. But Mona’s start to the holidays goes differently than planned.
Direction
Kaser squeezes maximum tension from a single summer night.
Cinematography
Beach-to-festival glow that makes bad choices look beautiful.
Acting
Hauser's Mona simmers with unspoken frustration.
Director
Günter Kaser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Günter Kaser shot this as his graduation film from Vienna Film Academy, filmed entirely over one actual summer night.
The Austrian 'Matura' celebration culture—where graduating students go feral for one night—rarely gets this unvarnished a portrayal.
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