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Violent Summer (1959)

Violent Summer (1959)

Drama Romance War
Release Date: 1959, November 13
Directors: Valerio Zurlini
Countries: France, Italy
Production: Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.), Titanus
Cast: Lilla Brignone, Bruno Carotenuto, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Enrico Maria Salerno, Giampiero Littera, Jacqueline Sassard, Tina Gloriani, Federica Ranchi, Cathia Caro, Raf Mattioli

Overview:

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?

Keywords:

summer older woman younger man relationship