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    Violent Summer 1959 POSTER

    Violent Summer

    1959

    Italian

    7.3

    ♡ 4

    76%

    76%

    Action

    Drama

    older woman younger man relationship

    Romance

    summer

    War

    Valerio Zurlini Valerio Zurlini Director Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Trintignant as Carlo Caremoli Bruno Carotenuto Bruno Carotenuto as Giulio Jacqueline Sassard Jacqueline Sassard as Rosanna Cathia Caro Cathia Caro as Serena
    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?
    The Desert of the Tartars 1976 POSTER

    The Desert of the Tartars

    1976

    Italian

    7.5

    ♡ 6

    82%

    82%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    desert

    destiny

    Drama

    fortress

    History

    lieutenant

    tatars

    War

    Valerio Zurlini Valerio Zurlini Director Fernando Rey Fernando Rey as Colonel Nathanson Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal as Marshal Tronk Angelo Boscariol Angelo Boscariol as Soldier Giovanni Attanasio Giovanni Attanasio as Swartz
    Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
    Girl with a Suitcase 1961 POSTER

    Girl with a Suitcase

    1961

    Italian

    7.4

    ♡ 9

    85%

    85%

    Drama

    Romance

    Valerio Zurlini Valerio Zurlini Director Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale as Aida Zepponi Jacques Perrin Jacques Perrin as Lorenzo Fainardi Gian Maria Volonté Gian Maria Volonté as Piero Benotti Riccardo Garrone Riccardo Garrone as Romolo
    Lorenzo, who's 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things right toward a showgirl, Aida, whom his older brother has mistreated. In extending kindness and standing up for her, he comes of age. But, is there anything he can do that will alter Aida's situation or her prospects?
    Indian Summer 1972 POSTER

    Indian Summer

    1972

    Italian

    7.1

    ♡ 3

    Action

    Drama

    high school teacher

    Romance

    teacher

    Valerio Zurlini Valerio Zurlini Director Alain Delon Alain Delon as Daniele Dominici Giancarlo Giannini Giancarlo Giannini as Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider' Alida Valli Alida Valli as Marcella Abati - Vanina's mother Lea Massari Lea Massari as Monica
    In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the local high school replacing another teacher. His relationship with his partner Monica is in crisis and he spends most of the time with his new acquaintances and gamblers Giorgio, Marcello and Gerardo. In classroom, he meets the gorgeous nineteen years old student Vanina Abati, who is Gerardo's girlfriend.
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