Film · Drama, Romance, War

Violent Summer (1959)

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?

Director

Valerio Zurlini

Writers

Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Giorgio Prosperi, Valerio Zurlini

Country

Italy

Language

Italian

Release date

November 13, 1959

Original title

Estate violenta