When her mother dies, 18-year-old Franca leaves Rome and goes to live with her uncle and aunt in Carbonia, on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. She tries to rebuild her life, spending days on the beach away from people. What is adding to her sadness is a sense of exile: she does not want to spend the rest of her life in a village by the sea but intends—once she has passed her
exams—to return to Rome and study archaeology.
Then she meets Silvio, a young local man, and who takes her on her first motorcycle ride. For her, it is an epiphany: the speed, the thrill, and the danger act like a drug that helps her forget the pain, little by little. Suddendly, she decides to spend her inheritance on a superbike and compete in a race around the island—but nothing goes according to plan.
This début collaboration by Jean Aubertin and Adèle Albrespy proves both powerful and subtle as it explores themes of grief, youth, friendship, destiny,
and revival—all in a simple, fresh, and masterful style.
