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SWEPT AWAY
1974
Director
Lina Wertmüller
Starring
Mariangela Melato
Giancarlo Giannini
Runtime
114 minutes
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Set against the backdrop of the shimmering Mediterranean Sea, SWEPT AWAY is Lina Wertmüller’s (Seven Beauties) wildly controversial film about sex, love and politics. 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 and Raffaella needs Gennarino’s survivalist skills in order to stay alive.
"SWEPT AWAY is the kind of art movie that anyone can get a huge kick out of, whether or not old foreign films are your bag. It speaks the universal language of cinema, which is the tongue of a good fucking movie." - Michael Talbot-Haynes
Set against the backdrop of the shimmering Mediterranean Sea, SWEPT AWAY is Lina Wertmüller’s (Seven Beauties) wildly controversial film about sex, love and politics. 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 and Raffaella needs Gennarino’s survivalist skills in order to stay alive.
"SWEPT AWAY is the kind of art movie that anyone can get a huge kick out of, whether or not old foreign films are your bag. It speaks the universal language of cinema, which is the tongue of a good fucking movie." - Michael Talbot-Haynes