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Swept Away: Directed by Lina Wertmüller. With Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Isa Danieli. 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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- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Lina Wertmüller
- 1975-09-17
An arrogant wealthy woman named Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti is vacationing on a yacht in the Mediterranean Sea with friends—swimming, sunbathing, and talking incessantly about the "virtues" of her class and the worthlessness of the political left.
Sep 23, 2017 · The man, Gennarino (Giancarlo Giannini) and woman, Raffaella (Mariangela Melato), lowly shiphand and flagrant bourgeoisie, respectively, whom find themselves stranded on a deserted island, shout, insult, scowl, fume, and eventually beat each other through the movie.
Lina Wertmuller‘s “Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August” resists the director’s most determined attempts to make it a fable about the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, and persists in being about a man and a woman.
Oct 11, 2002 · What is utterly missing is any juice or life in the characters. Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato became stars on the basis of the original “Swept Away,” which was written and directed by Lina Wertmuller, one of the most successful Italian directors of the 1970s.
Swept Away is a romantic drama directed by Lina Wertmüller. The film stars Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato and explores the shifting dynamics between a wealthy woman and a working-class man stranded on a deserted island.
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The story’s simple enough: a shaggy, dark-skinned man (played by Giancarlo Gianni) works under the thumb of the bourgoisie on a hired yacht. He despises them, and they despise him. One of these rich people is particularly annoying, a blonde woman (Mariangelo Melato), who spends her days incessantly bitching, spouting capitalist slogans, and ...
