For the first time, Marie spends a vacation alone with her children - without her husband. One evening she allows herself to be seduced by a strange and fascinating young man who slowly lures her into his trap. A night that turns into a nightmare ...
Vacation
Léo Wolfenstein, Béatrice Sebbah de Staël
Born 1991 in Paris/France. Film studies at Université Paris Diderot. Active as a director and writer.
2012, LE CARTON, Kurzfilm
2015, NOISE & CONFUSION, Kurzfilm
2017, N.O.A, Kurzfilm
2018, LUCKY DAY, Kurzfilm
2022 VACANCES (Co-Regie), Spielfilm HOF 2022
Born near Paris/France. Trained as an actress. Active as an actress and director.
1988 CHARLOTTE CHOCOLAT (Co-Regie), Kurzfilm
NICOLAS, Kurzfilm
2015 LA PROMENADE DU DIABLE (Co-Regie), Kurzfilm
2022 VACANCES (Co-Regie), Spielfilm HOF 2022
“In the beginning, genre cinema didn’t much interest me; I started out more from my own memories. When I was a child in our country house in Normandy, I would encounter characters that fascinated me – the crazy woman from the village, the good-looking homeless boy who hung around…
I was probably a troubled little girl, projecting my somewhat dark thoughts onto my surroundings. And then I mixed what I had experienced with my fantasies. Movies don’t interest me if there’s no tension, and so I couldn’t write a purely psychological story, but yes, basically it’s about being a mother [...]
As for the mixing of genres, I think we also strove for a more visual approach in the revision. The story hasn’t changed, but we’ve given more importance to the fantastic aspect, the ominous nights and the lights of childhood."
Béatrice Sebbah De Staël & Léo Wolfenstein