2018 · drama · crime · thriller
Holiday
Directed by Isabella Eklöf1h 30m2018
Sascha, the young and beautiful trophy girlfriend of a Danish drug lord, arrives at his holiday villa in the seaside town of Bodrum, on the Turkish Riviera, where she is welcomed into his inner circle. Under the summer sun, she lives a carefree dream of luxury and fun until she meets Tomas, a Dutch traveler trying to discover himself.
Our read: Holiday (2018) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · crime · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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