Swept Away (1974)

A trip into the Mediterranean sea becomes a trip into the discovery of how society's frameworks of the rich and poor are delicate and temporary.

Director:

Lina Wertmüller

Writer:

Lina Wertmüller

Stars:

Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino

4 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Gennarino Carunchio
Mariangela Melato	...	Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti
Riccardo Salvino	...	Signor Pavone Lanzetti
Isa Danieli	...	Anna
Aldo Puglisi	...	Pippo
Anna Melita
Giuseppe Durini
Lucrezia De Domizio
Luis Suárez	...	(as Luis Suarez)
Vittorio Fanfoni
Lorenzo Piani
Eros Pagni	...	Ospite comunista

Storyline

A rich woman, Raffaella, and some friends rent a yacht to sail the Mediterranean Sea during summer. The sailor, Gennarino, who is a communist, does not like this woman but has to bear with her bad mood. One day she wakes up late in the afternoon and asks to be taken to land where everyone had gone earlier. Gennarino sets up a boat but during the trip, the boat breaks down. They spend the night in the middle of the sea.

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Plot Keywords:

sodomy | misogyny | husband wife relationship | trophy wife | machismo | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian French

Release Date:

17 September 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

Insólito destino

Filming Locations:

Tortolì, Sardinia, Italy

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,011, 16 April 2017

Gross USA:

$7,876

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,876

Company Credits

Production Co:

Medusa Distribuzione

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The landing beach of the two castaways is Cala Fuili, in the town of Baunei.

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Quotes

Gennarino Carunchio: This is a desert island and wild.
Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti: How is it possible? We're not in the South, we are right in the Mediterranean!

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Connections

Referenced in At the Movies: Short Time/Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!/Wild Orchid/Without You I'm Nothing/Santa Sangre (1990)

User Reviews

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.