Luca Zingaretti
In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called “The Isle of Roses” off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.
John has inherited a castle in Italy and he moves there with his wife Susan and their blind daughter Rebecca. What they don’t realize is that there is somebody else in the castle–an abused child left to die in the basement who has now become the castle freak and is out to wreak havoc.
It’s the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards the sea, and settle in for some time at the Hotel Beau-Rivage.