Holiday

For the directorial debut of Bond villain Detlef Bothe, the jury of the Förderpreis Deutscher Film spontaneously awarded a special mention including prize money. The film was shot with a minimal budget, digital camera and many helpful friends, almost without a team on 12 shooting days in winter. A group of young city dwellers celebrate New Year's Eve in a Tyrolean mountain hut. They drink, argue and are bored. Despite their disinterest in the local villagers, a conflict arises with 50-year-old Sam, who is rooted in the village and is fighting to preserve his parents' family farm. "The film lives from its spontaneity, its drive, the impudence with which a story is simply told here: Straight and unadulterated. The always palpable energy easily consoles over some shortcomings." (artechock.com)

Keywords

  • Creatives: Debut Films
  • Detlef Bothe
  • Made in Germany
  • conflict
  • friendship
  • mumblecore
  • natural

Actors

  • Dietmar Mössmer
  • Safia Al Bagdadi
  • Niels-Bruno Schmidt
  • Jeanne Tremsal
  • George Lenz

Director

  • Detlef Bothe

Drama


1h 21min


16+

DE

Germany
2002
A group of young city dwellers celebrate New Year's Eve in a Tyrolean mountain hut, engaging in a alcohol fueled conflict with the locals.

A group of young city dwellers celebrate New Year's Eve in a Tyrolean mountain hut, engaging in a alcohol fueled conflict with the locals.


For the directorial debut of Bond villain Detlef Bothe, the jury of the Förderpreis Deutscher Film spontaneously awarded a special mention including prize money.


The film was shot with a minimal budget, digital camera and many helpful friends, almost without a team on 12 shooting days in winter.


A group of young city dwellers celebrate New Year's Eve in a Tyrolean mountain hut. They drink, argue and are bored. Despite their disinterest in the local villagers, a conflict arises with 50-year-old Sam, who is rooted in the village and is fighting to preserve his parents' family farm.


"The film lives from its spontaneity, its drive, the impudence with which a story is simply told here: Straight and unadulterated. The always palpable energy easily consoles over some shortcomings." (artechock.com)

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