Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Vic Carmen SonneSascha
- Lai YdeMichael
- Thijs RömerTomas
- Yuval SegalBobby
- Bo BrønnumBo
- Adam Ild RohwederMusse
- Morten HemmingsenJens
- Mill JoberMaria
- Laura KjærTanja
- Stanislav SevcikKarsten
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The Hollywood Reporter
Like a crafty predator, the Danish knock-out Holiday lays patiently in wait as long as it needs to — in this case nearly an hour — before stunning its prey, the spectator, with a shocking scene that catapults the film to a whole different level. - 100
The Observer (UK)
Eklöf establishes herself as a ferocious talent. I await her next film with as much trepidation as anticipation. - 91
IndieWire
Holiday is a fearless work, anchored by Sonne’s bold, subtle performance, which keeps her motivation unclear until a burst of developments at the startling conclusion. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Eklöf doesn’t seem to care if you like her film or her characters — including the protagonist — and it’s this boldness that keeps you watching. - 80
Variety
It’s a cool, hard trip, icy in the fullest glare of the afternoon sun, in which even the pallid, expensively tacky interior of the villa — hats off to production designer Josephine Farsø — invites tension and judgment. - 70
Screen Daily
Unfortunately some of the power of this resolutely unflinching drama is lost because Sascha is such a vacuous and shallow presence at the centre of picture. - 60
The Guardian
There is no doubting the verve and style of Eklöf’s film-making – and the brutality from people on an open-ended holiday from ordinary human empathy. - 60
CineVue
Through Eklöf’s ruthless observations on sex, class and family, one comes to view this world with a cold-blooded voyeuristic gaze.