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Sunday in August (1950)

Sunday in August poster
Original title
Domenica d'agosto
Directed by
Luciano Emmer
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people spend a Sunday in August at a beach near Rome. The film follows their various interactions and small dramas over the course of the day.

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What happens

Sunday in August (Italian: Domenica d'agosto) is a 1950 Italian comedy drama film directed by Luciano Emmer and starring Vera Carmi, Marcello Mastroianni, Emilio Cigoli and Massimo Serato. It earned just under 150 million lire at the domestic box office. The film was nominated for a BAFTA. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's Hundred Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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