Indian Summer

Indian Summer

1972 · 125 min · IT · 7.5 (95 votes)
Dir. Valerio Zurlini · Starring Alain Delon, Sonia Petrovna, Giancarlo Giannini, Renato Salvatori, Alida Valli, Adalberto Maria Merli · Music Mario Nascimbene
Drama

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.

VIBE

A languid, sun-drenched exploration of fleeting connections and unspoken desires. It feels like a hazy memory, steeped in the bittersweet ache of lost youth and the quiet desperation of adult ennui.

melancholicnostalgicintrospectivewistfulslow-burnEuropean arthousecharacter-driven dramacoming-of-agelyricalforbidden loveexistentialismyouthful longingmidlife crisis
teacherhigh school teacher
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