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Violent Summer (1959)

Original title: Estate violenta

1959-11-13 · 1h 34m · IT
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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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Valerio ZurliniDirector

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Eleonora Rossi DragoEleonora Rossi DragoRoberta ParmesanJean-Louis TrintignantJean-Louis TrintignantCarlo CaremoliJacqueline SassardJacqueline SassardRosannaCathia CaroCathia CaroSerenaLilla BrignoneLilla BrignoneLa madre di RobertaRaf MattioliRaf MattioliGiorgioFederica RanchiFederica RanchiMaddalenaGiampiero LitteraGiampiero LitteraDanieleBruno CarotenutoBruno CarotenutoGiulioTina GlorianiTina GlorianiEmmaEnrico Maria SalernoEnrico Maria SalernoEttore Caremoli - il padre di CarloNadia GrayNadia Gray

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SummerOlder woman younger man relationship

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Genre affinityDrama · War · RomanceTheme affinitySummer · Older Woman Younger Man RelationshipMood preferenceRomanceDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityWar · RomanceDirector preference294919

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What is Violent Summer about?

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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Violent Summer has a runtime of 94 minutes.

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