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 and cast
- Valerio Zurlini Director
- 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
- Raf Mattioli as Giorgio
- Federica Ranchi as Maddalena
- Giampiero Littera as Daniele
- Bruno Carotenuto as Giulio
- Tina Gloriani as Emma
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