La bellissima estate (1974)

Directed by

Sergio Martino

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man and a woman experience a summer romance in Italy. The film focuses on their emotional relationship and the sadness of its end.

melodramatictearjerkersentimentalwistfulromanticbittersweetquiet1970s

What happens

The Beautiful Summer (Italian: La bellissima estate) is a 1974 Italian melodrama film directed by Sergio Martino. It stars Alessandro Cocco, Senta Berger and John Richardson. The film is part of the genre of melodramatic films known as "lacrima movies" or "tearjerker movies". It has been best remembered for the soundtrack piece "Il barone rosso" by Luciano Michelini, which would eventually become the theme song of the comedy show, Curb Your Enthusiasm. It was originally released in the United States as Summer to Remember, with other titles such as Smile of Love and Never Ending Love. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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