Directed by:
David LeanScreenplay:
David LeanCinematography:
Jack HildyardComposer:
Alessandro CicogniniCast:
Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin, Mari Aldon, Jane Rose, André Morell, Gaetano Autiero, David Lean, Tanya Lopert, Jeremy SpenserPlots(1)
With this sublimely bittersweet tale of romantic longing, director David Lean left behind the British soundstage to capture in radiant Technicolor the sunsplashed glory of Venice at the height of summer. In a tour de force of fearless vulnerability, Katharine Hepburn embodies the conflicting emotions that stir the heart of a lonely, middle-aged American tourist who is forced to confront her deep-seated insecurities when she is drawn into a seemingly impossible affair with a charming Italian shopkeeper (Rossano Brazzi) amid the ancient city’s canals and piazzas. Lean’s personal favorite among his own films, Summertime is an exquisitely tender evocation of the magic and melancholy of a fleeting, not-quite-fairy-tale romance. (Criterion)
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Neither a fish nor a crawfish. When did the joyful babbling turn into a sad path of self-discovery? And why do these two lines keep intertwining and spoiling each other until the end? Unfortunately, I don't believe Katherine, neither the pleasant elderly lady nor the emotionally tested being. Lean's incomprehensible reach beside.
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