Carried away by an unusual fate in the azure sea in August
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| German title | Carried away by an unusual fate in the azure sea in August |
| Original title | Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1974 |
| length | 116 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lina Wertmüller |
| script | Lina Wertmüller |
| production | Romano Cardarelli |
| music | Piero Piccioni |
| camera |
Giulio Battiferri , Ennio Guarnieri , Giuseppe Fornari , Stefano Ricciotti |
| cut | Franco Fraticelli |
| occupation | |
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Carried away by an unusual destiny in the azure sea in August the title of a feature film of Italian director Lina Wertmueller from the year 1974 . The film tells the story of a rich industrial wife. After the shipwreck with a dinghy of her sailing yacht, she rescues herself with a communist-minded sailor on an uninhabited island. There she finds her erotic fulfillment in the "taming" by the sailor. The developing relationship shows sadomasochistic features.
It is the third of four films that Wertmüller made with the Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini in the lead role in the early 1970s .
action
Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti, a wealthy bourgeois anti-communist, spends her holidays with her equally rich and spoiled friends on a sailing yacht in the Mediterranean , where she lets the crew members feel her power. On an excursion she is alone with Gennarino Carunchio, a rough, communist sailor of Sicilian origin, who despises her for her moods and the constant disparagement of others, but has to hide his feelings from his employers.
Because of an engine failure, Raffaella and Gennarino spend days floating in a tiny rubber dinghy on the sea. Finally they manage to save themselves on a desert island. Depending on the situation, the roles are now reversed, as Gennarino, unlike Raffaella, knows how to find food and shelter on the island. Raffaella is forced to take on the role of subordinate, which unleashes Gennarino's long-held sexual and social aggression. Both discover a strong erotic passion for one another.
When one day a ship is seen on the horizon, Raffaella hides to avoid being spotted. She does n't want to lose the idyll with Gennarino. At the next possibility of rescue, Gennarino takes the initiative despite Raffaella's resistance. He wants to test whether she would love him under normal circumstances.
Back in civilization, both are regained by their social class and their spouses. Gennarino, who quickly realizes his mistake, wants to go back to the island with Raffaella. She doesn't get involved anymore and instead leaves the holiday resort in a helicopter. Gennarino is only left with the return to his angry wife.
background
Sergio Corbucci shot with Robinson Jr. in 1976 . a parody of Wertmüller's film. A remake was made in 2002 directed by Guy Ritchie . The main roles of Swept - Swept Away playing Madonna and Adriano Giannini , son of Giancarlo Giannini .
The shooting takes place on the eastern coast of Sardinia in the province of Nuoro . A large part of the shooting took place on the beaches of Cala Fuili, the municipality of Dorgali and Cala Luna, the municipality of Baunei . The Carunchio hut and the most sensual scenes were filmed in the dunes of Capo Comino, a town in the municipality of Siniscola . Although it appears in the film that the castaways drive along a single beach, in reality these shores are several kilometers apart. The final scene of the helicopter's departure is instead in the port of Arbatax , in Ogliastra.
Soundtrack
The song that can be heard in the background during the phone call between Gennarino and Raffaella, almost at the end of the film, is the famous Signora mia by Sandro Giacobbe , which was a great success in the summer of 1974.
Awards
Piero Piccioni won the Premi David di Donatello for film music in 1975 .
Web links
- Carried away by an unusual destiny in the azure sea in August in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roger Ebert: Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August movie review (1976) | Roger Ebert. In: rogerebert.com. February 20, 1976, accessed August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ James Berardinelli: Review: Swept Away. 2002, accessed on August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Filming locations from the Internet Movie Database, accessed March 7, 2018.