Violent Summer
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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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Cast
13 people
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Roberta Parmesan
Known for
Le Amiche
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
Carlo Caremoli
Known for
Amour
Three Colors: Red
Jacqueline Sassard
Rosanna
Known for
Les Biches
Accident
Cathia Caro
Serena
Known for
The Overtaxed
Lilla Brignone
La madre di Roberta
Known for
L'Eclisse
Malicious
Raf Mattioli
Giorgio
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Federica Ranchi
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Women of Devil's Island
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Giampiero Littera
Daniele
Also in
Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows
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Bruno Carotenuto
Giulio
Known for
A Fistful of Dollars
Tina Gloriani
Emma
Known for
The Monk of Monza
Enrico Maria Salerno
Ettore Caremoli - il padre di Carlo
Known for
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
School of Thieves
Nadia Gray
Known for
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Valerio Zurlini Director · Mario Nascimbene Composer Tino Santoni Cinematographer
United States release May 19, 1961 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Titanus
Production
Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Production
Titanus
Production
France · Italy
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Languages
Original title
Estate violenta
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · November 13, 1959
Theatrical
United States · May 19, 1961
Theatrical
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