Vacation

Original Title | Vakantie

15" | 1993 (Draft)

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A man, Jef is sick and tired of everybody and everything. He desides to retire from the world from one week and takes a so-called 'vacation' in his own apartment.

synopsis

A man, Jef is sick and tired of everybody and everything. He desides to retire from the world from one week and takes a so-called 'vacation' in his own apartment. He shuts of the phone and eats deep-frozen pizza's every day. He drinks and thinks about his life. Will he be able to live through this hard confrontation with himself? Vacation is a tragi-comical film about loneliness and a reflection about the individual and his relationship with the world.
Jef en a assez. Il est fatigué des gens, des choses et puis de lui-même. Il se retire du monde en part une semaine en vacances... chez lui. Dans son propre appartement. Vacances! est une tragi-comédie à propos de la solitude.
Jef is alles en iedereen beu. Hij neemt een week vakantie in zijn eigen appartement. Hij trekt de telefoon uit, eet diepvriespizza's en houdt een feest. Zal hij deze confrontatie met zichzelf aankunnen? Vakantie! is een tragikomische film over eenzaamheid en kolder.

Credits

Sound
Marc Lacroix

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Fiction
Genre
Year of production

1993
Production status
Draft
Original title
Vakantie
Original language
Dutch

Technical specs

Running time
15"
Aspect ratio
1.375:1 (11:8)
Available formats
16mm
Colour
Colour

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

1995: International Film Festival Uppsala (SE)1994: Student Academy Awards (US); the Netherlands Film Festival (NL); Belgian Representative International Filmdays Hong Kong (HK); International Film Festival of Vicenza (IT); New Belgian Cinema Filmmuseum Brussels (BE); Brussels International Film Fes