Programme: Recovery and Resilience Plan

The project proposal will present the film "Holiday", which is part psychological thriller set in a socially oriented context, part provincial court drama, and takes place during the summer in a typical seaside town on the Ligurian coast, where everyone knows each other. Twenty-year-old Veronica (Margherita Corradi) is released from prison after 22 months, after undergoing a long trial in which she was accused of brutally murdering her mother and her lover. The court acquits her due to lack of evidence, but everyone sees her as the monster who must be condemned. A ruthless witch hunt is launched on social networks, and the family hotel to which Veronica returns and which houses the spa where the two lovers were slaughtered is besieged by journalists and television cameras. "Holiday" is a puzzle that only fully unravels in the final minutes of the 100-minute film, constantly flitting between past and present to the point where the audience often struggles to keep up, clinging to details like the main character’s nose piercing or her yellow cell phone. We learn that the main character’s charming mother (Alice Arcuri) abused and humiliated her because she couldn’t stand her daughter’s carelessness or the fact that she was overweight. “You’re making me throw up,” she whispers sweetly in her ear. In a flashback to the closing argument of the trial, where the accused declares herself innocent, Veronica actually makes a kind of confession of guilt, providing a clear motive for the murder: "My mother was beautiful, educated, sociable, knew how to dress and how to treat people. I am rude, unpleasant, aggressive..." Moreover, the prosecutor and the general public are convinced that Veronica had an accomplice: her best friend Jada (Georgia Frank). It is believed that she organized the evening, filled with alcohol and cocaine, together with two Dutch young men who were passing by, and many interesting events follow.