Estate violenta

Nov 14 1959 N/A 1h 38m
Drama, Romance, War

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?

Plot

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?

Written by

Valerio Zurlini, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Giorgio Prosperi

Directed by

Valerio Zurlini

Cast

Eleonora Rossi Drago, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Lilla Brignone

Crew

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Production Countries

Italy, France

Production Companies

Titanus, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)

Languages

Italiano

Awards

3 wins & 3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,018
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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