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Indian Summer

1972 · 132 min

A hushed, foggy drift through aimless lives and doomed longing, beautiful and quietly devastating, demanding patience and rewarding it with sorrow.

Overview
In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the local high school replacing another teacher. His relationship with his partner Monica is in crisis and he spends most of the time with his new acquaintances and gamblers Giorgio, Marcello and Gerardo. In classroom, he meets the gorgeous nineteen years old student Vanina Abati, who is Gerardo's girlfriend.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • love
  • identity
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Valerio Zurlini
Written by
Enrico Medioli, Valerio Zurlini
Starring
Alain Delon, Sonia Petrovna, Giancarlo Giannini, Renato Salvatori, Alida Valli, Adalberto Maria Merli, Salvo Randone, Lea Massari
Music
Mario Nascimbene
Cinematography
Dario Di Palma
Runtime
132 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
Italian

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