- Year: 1986
- Country: Italy
- Director: Lina Wertmüller
- Starring: Mariangela Melato, Michele Placido
Let’s just call the movie like the DVD box says: Summer Night. Shall we? The title is probably the most inventive thing about this incredibly forgettable film, a pale copy of Wertmüller’s own and far superior “Swept Away” (the original from 1974 – not the Madonna remake!). A rich industrial (Melato) kidnaps a bandit (Placido) as revenge for all the people he had kidnapped from her organization and held for ransom. The film takes place in her luxurious villa in Sardinia, and at a certain point Placido decides that if he is to be kidnapped, he cannot go on without sex, which unleashes Melato’s own desires. The comedy falls flat, the film is completely predictable, its only saving grace being Sardinia itself – a magnificent shooting location that makes the film, at the very least, watchable. Stick to the original “Swept Away”.
Cinema Del Peppel 