Violent Summer
1959 · Movie · 96 min · ★ 7.3
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?
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Details
- Years
- 1959
- Release date
- 1959-11-13
- Language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (84 votes)
Themes
- summer
- older woman younger man relationship
Cast & crew
Eleonora Rossi Drago
as Roberta Parmesan
Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Carlo Caremoli
Jacqueline Sassard
as Rosanna
Cathia Caro
as Serena
Lilla Brignone
as La madre di Roberta
Raf Mattioli
as Giorgio
Federica Ranchi
as Maddalena
Giampiero Littera
as Daniele
Bruno Carotenuto
as Giulio
Tina Gloriani
as Emma
Directed by Valerio Zurlini