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Violent Summer

Estate violenta
by Valerio Zurlini1h441959Italy
Violent Summer

Recommended byMiguel Gomes

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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?

Cast and crew

  • Credits

    • Production Compagny : Titanus, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
    • Distributor : SND
    • Scenario : Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Valerio Zurlini, Giorgio Prosperi
    • Editing : Mario Serandrei
    • Director : Valerio Zurlini
    • Photo Director : Tino Santoni
    • Producer : Charles Delac, Silvio Clementelli
    • Sound Recorder : Mario Messina
    • Original Music : Mario Nascimbene
    • Set Decoration : Dario Cecchi, Massimiliano Capriccioli

  • Technical details

    • Printed format : 35 mm
    • Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
    • Year of production : 1959
    • French release date : 19 août 1963
    • Category : Feature film
    • Color : Black and White
    • Language : Italian

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