Swept Away (1974)
- Original title
- Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto
- Directed by
- Lina Wertmüller
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 339 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy woman and a communist crew member from her yacht are stranded on a remote island. Their opposing political views and social roles clash, leading to a struggle for survival and a reversal of their power dynamics.
confrontationalromanticsun-drenchedtension-filledclass-awareisolatedsurvivaltransformative
What happens
Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (Italian: Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto), commonly shortened to Swept Away, is a 1974 Italian romantic adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato. The film follows a wealthy woman whose yachting vacation with friends in the Mediterranean Sea takes an unexpected turn when she and one of the boat's crew are separated from the others and stranded on a desert island. The woman's capitalist beliefs and the man's communist convictions clash, but during their struggle to survive, their social roles are reversed. Swept Away was released to divided, but largely positive, reviews, and won the 1975 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Top Foreign Film. A critically and commercially unsuccessful English-language remake starring Madonna and directed by her then-husband Guy Ritchie was released in 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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