| Title | : | Violent Summer |
|---|---|---|
| Release | : | 1959 |
| Rating | : | 7.5 |
| Language | : | Italian |
| Runtime | : | 98 |
| Genre | : | 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?
Valerio Zurlini (story and screenplay), Suso Cecchi D'Amico (screenplay), Giorgio Prosperi (screenplay)
