Summertime

Summertime

1955 · 100 min · EN · NR · 6.8 (127 votes)
Dir. David Lean · Starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin, Mari Aldon, Jane Rose · Music Alessandro Cicognini

All the pent-up yearning of her life was finally fulfilled ... amid the splendor of the world's most fabulous city!

DramaRomance

Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.

VIBE

A poignant, sun-drenched exploration of loneliness and the bittersweet ache of fleeting connection. It feels like a hazy, romantic memory of a summer that almost was, set against the timeless beauty of Venice.

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