Returning from a vacation in Spain in September, Agathe, a dental technician, and her husband Alexandre, a salesman, break down on a deserted stretch of freeway. They are then forced to follow a mechanic who appears out of nowhere. Towed to an isolated camp in the middle of nowhere, the couple discovers a family composed of six adopted children, all approximately 25 years old and of different origins. Forced to wait for the car's engine to be repaired, the vacationers participate in spite of themselves and for a few hours in their community life.
Acting
Laëtitia Lacroix's escalating panic as polite Agathe loses all control.
Direction
Saurel traps you in the camp—no escape, just mounting dread disguised as comedy.
Writing
Dialogue so painfully polite it becomes its own horror.
Director
Frédéric Saurel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film satirizes France's obsession with 'l'esprit de famille'—the performance of wholesome domesticity masking dysfunction.
Director Frédéric Saurel never made another feature; this cult curio remains his sole statement on human gullibility.
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