How to Survive the Summer Holidays

How to Survive the Summer Holidays

Directed by Michał Grzybowski

Produced by Haja Films, FIXAFILM

202680 min0.0 / 10

An ensemble drama set at a holiday campsite where romantic entanglements and simmering tensions among adults collide with children's mythic imaginings, culminating in mystery and mutual suspicion.

At a Kashubian campsite, surrounded by a lake and a forest, where families, couples, and singles come searching for a holiday break, new relationships form and conflicts escalate. Some fall in love, whilst others begin to resent each other. While the adults struggle to communicate, the children, left to their own devices, construct a world of their own, fuelled by Kashubian legends and scary stories. When, one morning, holidaymakers discover punctured tyres on their cars, the atmosphere thickens and mutual animosities come to the fore.

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  • Is How to Survive the Summer Holidays scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is How to Survive the Summer Holidays violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is How to Survive the Summer Holidays sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is How to Survive the Summer Holidays easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does How to Survive the Summer Holidays end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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