Storyline

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?—

Plot Keywords

young man, father, widow, son, friend, love interest, engaging, intense, playful, italy, beach, nightclub, apartment, romance, world war ii, father/son relationship, mother/son relationship, self-sacrifice, ignorance, discovery, sacrifice, growing up, 1940s

Short Review

Like many Italian films of this era, they're more a 'slice of life' than a story per se, but this was an agreeable watch all the same. The few special effects sequences were really gripping (and probably extremely dangerous for the actors!) Violent Summer is alright, but it won't stick in the memory very long. 7.25/10

Trailer

Streaming Service

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