The holy days, from Good Friday to Easter Monday, aren't long enough to begin a new life. But they're too long to endure without a new life. That is exactly what four labourers experience together with their lorry when they embark on a trip to Italy at 5 a.m. on Good Friday to painstakingly return by Easter Monday. They are involved in a huge motorway pile-up. "When the machines stop, accidents increase."