Violent Summer

Violent Summer

94 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Nov. 13, 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?

Violent Summer

94 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Nov. 13, 1959

Violent Summer
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?
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Titanus, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Original title Estate violenta
Directors Rometta Pietrostefani, Mario Missiroli, Florestano Vancini, Valerio Zurlini
Writers Giorgio Prosperi, Valerio Zurlini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Cast

Eleonora Rossi Drago

as Roberta Parmesan

Jean-Louis Trintignant

as Carlo Caremoli

Jacqueline Sassard

as Rosanna

Cathia Caro

as Serena

Lilla Brignone

as La madre di Roberta

Raf Mattioli

as Giorgio

Federica Ranchi

as Maddalena

Giampiero Littera

as Daniele

Bruno Carotenuto

as Giulio

Tina Gloriani

as Emma

Enrico Maria Salerno

as Ettore Caremoli - il padre di Carlo