Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto (1974)

Director:

Lina Wertmüller

Writer:

Lina Wertmüller (writer)

Release Date:

17 September 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A rich woman, Raffaella, and some friends rent a yacht to sail the Mediterranean Sea during summer. The sailor...

Plot Keywords:

Yacht | Ship Wreck | Human Relationship | Island | Sex

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini	...	Gennarino Carunchio
Mariangela Melato	...	Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti
Riccardo Salvino	...	Signor Pavone Lanzetti
Isa Danieli	...	Anna
Aldo Puglisi
Anna Melita
Giuseppe Durini
Lucrezia De Domizio
Luis Suarez
Vittorio Fanfoni
Lorenzo Piani
Eros Pagni	...	Pippe

Also Known As:

Swept Away (International: English title)
Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (International: English title) (long title)

Runtime:

Italy:116 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | USA:R | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Tortolì, Sardinia, Italy

Company:

Medusa Produzione

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Baywatch: Windswept (#7.4)" (1996)

Fantastic!

I really loved this movie. I have to admit I only saw this because I heard of Madonna's remake and my love for the Goldie Hawn movie "Overboard", but...wow! Interesting, romantic, powerful, hard-to-watch, political, funny, sad, etc. This movie has it all. You can analyze this movie to death, but it will do it a disservice. Quite simply, it's about a bizarre romance that happens when two people who are total opposites, thus hating each other, are stranded on a remote island and must learn how to live together. By today's standards, this is a very un-P.C. movie: Male domination over a woman. However, it IS just a movie, not real life--don't let that put you off; and there are some scenes that are hard to take, but given the context of the characters, you might think to yourself--"is this deserved?" I think some parts are, and others--not at all. You might like this film if you liked Pedro Almodovar's "Atame! (Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down!)". This is a film you'll end up discussing with others after you've seen it. Also, I don't recommend viewing this around children or very impressionable teenagers.