Veronica is about to turn twenty when she leaves prison after a long trial which accused her of the murder of her mother and her lover. Considered innocent by the State, few believe in the accuracy of her acquittal; she seems to have only her father and Giada, her best friend, whose crucial testimony put an end to the nightmare, on her side.
The first steps in her newly found freedom are shown haphazardly, in a game of mirrors, following a time line that goes back to the trial, to the day of the murder, in an investigation whose search for the culprit, as it progresses, seems less and less central. Everything revolves around a hotel, the Holiday, which gives the film its title.
The film's intentions are perfectly embodied by its setting: a quiet town on the Ligurian Riviera in the last weeks of June; for two teenagers this means time for the first swims of the summer, for evenings on the beach, their first flirtation. An adolescence as lively as it is frightening, the age of a thousand contradictions: contrasts are represented in Edoardo Gabbriellini's film as day and night - while the sky is pastel blue and the beaches quiet and tidy by day, at night the avenues are dark, the sea is black and the looming mountains harsh, hostile and silent, as if hiding unspeakable anguish.
The choice of locations, all in Liguria, focused on lesser-known places such as Savona, its province and coastal towns, including the former Sant'Agostino prison in Savona, disused for many years. In addition, the production also shot on the beach of Albissola Superiore, in Albissola Marina, the townhall of Varazze (used as the courtroom for Veronica's trial), the Bottini pine forest in Celle Ligure and Finale Ligure.
Veronica is about to turn twenty when she leaves prison after a long trial which accused her of the murder of her mother and her lover. Considered innocent by the State, few believe in the accuracy of her acquittal; she seems to have only her father and Giada, her best friend, whose crucial testimony put an end to the nightmare, on her side.
The first steps in her newly found freedom are shown haphazardly, in a game of mirrors, following a time line that goes back to the trial, to the day of the murder, in an investigation whose search for the culprit, as it progresses, seems less and less central. Everything revolves around a hotel, the Holiday, which gives the film its title.
The film's intentions are perfectly embodied by its setting: a quiet town on the Ligurian Riviera in the last weeks of June; for two teenagers this means time for the first swims of the summer, for evenings on the beach, their first flirtation. An adolescence as lively as it is frightening, the age of a thousand contradictions: contrasts are represented in Edoardo Gabbriellini's film as day and night - while the sky is pastel blue and the beaches quiet and tidy by day, at night the avenues are dark, the sea is black and the looming mountains harsh, hostile and silent, as if hiding unspeakable anguish.
The choice of locations, all in Liguria, focused on lesser-known places such as Savona, its province and coastal towns, including the former Sant'Agostino prison in Savona, disused for many years. In addition, the production also shot on the beach of Albissola Superiore, in Albissola Marina, the townhall of Varazze (used as the courtroom for Veronica's trial), the Bottini pine forest in Celle Ligure and Finale Ligure.
Veronica is declared innocent after a long trial for the murder of her mother and her lover and two years in prison. She is only twenty years old and has her whole life ahead of her, but looking to the future is impossible when everyone's eyes are still fixed on those tragic events.
