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.
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Title: Swept Away (1974)
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4 wins & 3 nominations.
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| Giancarlo Giannini | ... | Gennarino Carunchio | |
| Mariangela Melato | ... | Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti | |
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Riccardo Salvino | ... | Signor Pavone Lanzetti |
| Isa Danieli | ... | Anna | |
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Aldo Puglisi | ... | Pippo |
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Anna Melita | ||
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Giuseppe Durini | ||
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Lucrezia De Domizio | ||
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Luis Suárez | ... | (as Luis Suarez) |
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Vittorio Fanfoni | ||
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Lorenzo Piani | ||
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Eros Pagni | ... | Ospite comunista |
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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. Written by Michel Rudoy <mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx>
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17 September 1975 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Insólito destino See more »Filming Locations:
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$1,011, 16 April 2017Gross USA:
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I feel that many of the comments for 'Swept Away...' slightly miss the point. Certainly, it is about politics. But Wertmuller is not taking sides between her communist & capitalist heros. She is examining what happens when they are removed from the society that defines their roles and their relationship.
Once the balance of power is reversed, they essentially change places. He becomes dominant (and often abusive). She becomes weak and submissive. The rough sex, etc. is all symbolic of how the poor are treated by the rich. And Wertmuller shows us that the 'working class hero' has no inherent nobility. Put in the position of power, he is every bit as cruel as his former oppressors. Once they return to society, the balance of power is once again reversed.
The message here is that there are no political heros and villains. Power is relative and arbitrary. And sadly, it is our nature to abuse it. The lesson is, perhaps, that we must rise above that base instinct and treat our fellow men with empathy and generosity. "We have met the enemy, and he is us."