VAKUUM

VACUUM

By Christine REPOND (ART.12)

DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2017

60-year-old Meredith considers herself happily married to André. So it comes as a shock when she's diagnosed as HIV-positive and her husband is the only one who could have transmitted the disease.

Festivals
& Awards

Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2017
Best Actress
53. Solothurner Filmtage 2018
Schweizer Filmpreis 2018
Spezialpreis Thomas Nellen
39. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2018
41. Göteborg Film Festival 2018
7. Cinema Svizzero a Venezia 2018
5. Saas-Fee Filmfest 2018
8. Bejing International Film Festival 2018
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • GERMAN, SWISS-GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Christine REPOND (ART.12)
    • Writer(s)
    • Christine REPOND, Silvia WOLKAN
    • Producer(s)
    • Karin KOCH (DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION)
    • Synopsis
    • Amidst the preparations for her 35th wedding anniversary, Meredith is surprised by the discovery that she is HIV-positive. Only her husband André comes into question as the carrier.
      Shaken, Meredith finds out that he has been unfaithful to her with prostitutes. She confronts André with the diagnosis and throws him out of the house. Meredith, however, who has always built her life entirely around caring for her family, can hardly bear being alone. Following an intense fight, she finally consents to André's return. He in the meantime knows that he is also HIV-positive. They decide to deal with the condemnations and the illness together.
      The closer the anniversary celebration looms, the more fragile this marriage to be celebrated appears to be. The deep connection they once had with one another only flashes through in rare moments. Brave, enraged and hopeful, Meredith senses that there can only be a future together when she can forgive André unconditionally. But how much injury can love withstand?