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Sep 17, 1975 · 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
Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (Italian: Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto), usually shortened to Swept Away, is a 1974 Italian romantic adventure comedy drama written and directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato. The film follows a wealthy woman ...
The person who dubbed Giancarlo Giannini does an especially brilliant voice acting job, with an endearingly playful quality that makes it easier to empathize with Gennarino / Pasqualino in the two films.
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Class warfare hits the high seas in this Italian comedy about Gennarino (Giancarlo Giannini), a long-suffering crew member who works on a rich couple's yacht. The wife, Raffaela (Mariangela...
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He rose to international stardom through Wertmüller's The Seduction of Mimi (1972), Love and Anarchy (1973), Swept Away (1974), culminating in his Oscar-nominated turn in Seven Beauties (1975).
Roger Ebert February 20, 1976. Tweet. Now streaming on: Rent. Free. Rent. Subs. Powered by JustWatch. 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.
On an elegant yacht cruising off the coast of Sardinia, Raffaella (Mariangela Melato), a rich and stunning capitalist, enjoys tormenting Gennarino (Giancarlo Giannini), a Communist sailor. Fate weaves a different scenario and roles become reversed when the two find themselves stranded together on a deserted island. Rentals include 30 days to ...