Violent Summer (1959)
1h 34min
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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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Directed by: Tino Santoni, Valerio Zurlini, Florestano Vancini
Written by: Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Giorgio Prosperi
Produced by: Silvio Clementelli, Goffredo Lombardo
Composed by: Mario Nascimbene
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