Goethe on Demand

Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne—what lies outside Germany’s metropolises? City, Country, River—A Cinematic Journey Across Germany is a new yearlong Goethe on Demand series exploring everyday realities in underrepresented parts of Germany, with a new film offered every month.
Start Streaming Anna, Robert, and their teenage son, Max, live a quiet life in their remote country house. Over the course of the summer first one of Anna’s daughters from a previous marriage shows up with her family in tow, then the other. The house is a special place to everyone, but the idyll doesn’t last long as past resentments and secrets bubble to the surface.
 

“Confirming the delicate stillness of his 2001 drama One Fine Day as a prevalent element of his style, writer-director Thomas Arslan takes an equally serene look at a large family on vacation in a quiet, fleetingly rewarding drama.” (Variety)

Now streaming worldwide via Goethe on Demand, for free.

Ferien
Dir. Thomas Arslan
Germany, 2007
92 min.
With Angela Winkler, Karoline Eichhorn, Uwe Bohm, Anja Schneider