The End of Vacation

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The End of Vacation, is a 2023 Belgian movie, directed by Raphaël Venayre and Antoine Guerci. with a runtime of 25 minutes.

Overview

The End of Vacation is a documentary film set in the coastal Tunisian resort of Yasmine Hammamet, where the collapse of the tourism industry has left many hotels bankrupt. In a striking turn, some of these former holiday destinations have been sold to French retirement homes, filling their sun-drenched rooms with elderly residents, their loved ones, and care workers rather than vacationers. The film observes this peculiar community suspended in a ghost town that was built for joy but now hosts a very different kind of waiting. Melancholy and quietly surreal, The End of Vacation meditates on aging, endings, and the strange afterlife of places once devoted to leisure and escape.

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