Violent Summer
Estate violenta
Release: 1959-11-13
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 7.2
Drama
Romance
War
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?
Production Countries
France
Italy
Production Companies
Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Titanus
Cast
Xenia Valderi
Eleonora Rossi Drago
as Roberta Parmesan
Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Carlo Caremoli
Lilla Brignone
as La madre di Roberta
Federica Ranchi
as Maddalena
Giampiero Littera
as Daniele
Enrico Maria Salerno
as Ettore Caremoli - il padre di Carlo
Jacqueline Sassard
as Rosanna
Cathia Caro
as Serena
Raf Mattioli
as Giorgio
Bruno Carotenuto
as Giulio
Tina Gloriani
as Emma
Nadia Gray
