Violent Summer (1959)
★ 7.6/10 · 554 ratings on MUBI
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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| Director | Valerio Zurlini |
| Cast | Eleonora Rossi Drago, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard, Cathia Caro, Lilla Brignone |
| Year | 1959 |
| Runtime | 98 min |
| Genres | Drama, War, Romance |
| Available in | 🇮🇹 Italia |
