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Swept Away
A wealthy woman's yachting holiday with friends in the Mediterranean Sea takes an unexpected turn when she and one of the boat's crew are stranded on a desert island. Her capitalist beliefs and his communist convictions clash, but during their struggle to survive, social roles are reversed and heated passions come alive.
1974 · Directed by Lina Wertmüller · 110 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 16 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Lina Wertmüller
- Cinematography: Ennio Guarnieri
- Edited by: Franco Fraticelli
- Music: Piero Piccioni
- Production design: Enrico Job
- Produced by: Romano Cardarelli
Cast
- Giancarlo Giannini as Gennarino Carunchio
- Mariangela Melato as Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti
- Riccardo Salvino as Signor Pavone Lanzetti
- Isa Danieli as Anna
- Aldo Puglisi as un collega di Gennarino
- Anna Melita as Una conoscente di Raffaela
- Eros Pagni as un giornalista di sinistra conoscente dei Pavone Lanzetti
- Vittorio Fanfoni
- Lorenzo Piani
- Giuseppe Durini
Production
- Country: Italy
- Language: Italian
- Studios: Medusa Distribuzione
- Box office: $12,014,430
- Themes: stockholm syndrome, deserted island, misogyny, battle of the sexes, woman director, submission, male egos
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