Violent Summer

Nov 13, 1959

1h 36m

★ 7.2

Overview

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?

Genres

Drama

Romance

War

Production Companies

Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)

Titanus

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Cast

Roberta Parmesan

Eleonora Rossi Drago

Carlo Caremoli

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Rosanna

Jacqueline Sassard

Serena

Cathia Caro

La madre di Roberta

Lilla Brignone

Giorgio

Raf Mattioli

Maddalena

Federica Ranchi

Daniele

Giampiero Littera

Giulio

Bruno Carotenuto

Emma

Tina Gloriani

Ettore Caremoli - il padre di Carlo

Enrico Maria Salerno

Nadia Gray

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