Where it was filmed 'Once in Summer'

Asinara, where filming took place for five weeks, is the third protagonist of the film, which tells the story of an event in the lives of two anti-mafia judges that really took place but that few people know about. Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, together with their families, are suddenly uprooted from their everyday lives and taken to the island, where they stay in the prison guesthouse. As the days drag by we see the island by day and by night, with its smattering of Mediterranean vegetation and fauna, made up above all of donkeys and goats. The coast is varied, with jagged rocks that hide coves with crystal-clear waters, so clear that you can see the fish swimming around under the surface. At first the two judges don’t take well to this forced holiday: they have a maxi trial to prepare and see their stay in Asinara as a useless waste of time, almost an obstacle to their work. Then the ‘papers’ arrive, or rather folders containing the material they need to keep working and, in the end, when the moment comes to leave the island, they do so almost begrudgingly.