Released:
1959-11-13

Overview:
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?

Director:
Valerio Zurlini

Runtime:
1h 36min

Genre:
Drama, Romance, War

• Cast:
• 
  Eleonora Rossi Drago
  as
  Roberta Parmesan
• 
  Jean-Louis Trintignant
  as
  Carlo Caremoli
• 
  Jacqueline Sassard
  as
  Rosanna
• 
  Cathia Caro
  as
  Serena
• 
  Lilla Brignone
  as
  La madre di Roberta