Violent Summer
1959 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy
Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. Then, on the beach, he meets Roberta, a war widow with a child. Roberta's mother warns Roberta to avoid Carlo, but to her, he seems attentive and to her daughter he is kind. Romance develops. Within a few weeks, Roberta is risking everything. Can there be a resolution between passion, on the one hand, and war, duty, and social expectation on the other?
Direction Valerio Zurlini
Cast Eleonora Rossi Drago · Jean-Louis Trintignant · Jacqueline Sassard · Cathia Caro · Lilla Brignone · Raf Mattioli · Enrico Maria Salerno · Nadia Gray
Soundtrack Mario Nascimbene
Screenplay Suso Cecchi d'Amico · Giorgio Prosperi · Valerio Zurlini
Cinematography Tino Santoni
Original title Estate violenta
7.2
263 votes (FilmAffinity)
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