Violent Summer

Synopsis

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?

Cast

Eleonora Rossi Drago

Roberta Parmesan

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Carlo Caremoli

Jacqueline Sassard

Rosanna

Cathia Caro

Serena

Lilla Brignone

La madre di Roberta

Raf Mattioli

Giorgio

Federica Ranchi

Maddalena

Giampiero Littera

Daniele

Bruno Carotenuto

Giulio

Tina Gloriani

Emma