A boy, a bike, and the silence after everything falls apart.
It is the moment of the first holiday departures, the weather is nice and warm. Leo, aged nine, is alone with his father, his mother has just died. He does not know what he is going to do, tomorrow, or later.
Direction
Doll lets the frame breathe around absence.
Acting
Chatelain's stillness says everything.
Director
Frédéric Doll
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Vacances' cruelly evokes the mother's absence—family holidays now permanently broken.
François Civil appears pre-stardom; he'd headline 'Les Combattantes' and 'Le Grand Bain' within six years.
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