Judith’s boyfriend Gregor treats her to a surprise holiday at a spa hotel in Sicily to give her a break from work. The couple are going through a rough patch and Judith is not in the mood for a holiday, so phone calls from her father’s company offer a welcome distraction. It’s just a few months before their baby is due and Judith sees no reason why impending motherhood should interfere with her life. Gregor’s expectations of future family life only serve to increase the distance between the couple. The last few days at the holiday resort turn into a power struggle around family life, professional success and personal independence.

Jury Statement
A surprise holiday is supposed to give a new lease of life to an apparently normal relationship. We don’t yet know what’s wrong, but we can already sense from the pictures that something definitely is wrong. Sabine Panossian’s consistent compositional style transports us into this world without relying on stereotypical images. The feeling of being lost gradually becomes more tangible, enabling us to see, sense and share the characters’ inability to talk about their emotions. A bold concept that doesn’t exhaust itself in the course of the film, but subtly reappears in emotionally significant moments.