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Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Summertime |
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Jane Hudson is an unmarried secretary who has finally saved up enough money to take a vacation in Venice. She's not a young woman anymore and when she arrives at Venice, a city that she's immediately fascinated with, she secretly hopes that she'll find some romance for herself. Everyone she befriends seems to be married or engaged in some kind of torrid affair; it makes her feel all the more lonely and despondent.
One day Jane meets a handsome shopkeeper, and the attraction is mutual and instantaneous. Jane doesn't fully trust him though. First she discovers that he lied to her about the age and value of an item that she purchased from his antique shop; next, and worst, she learns that he's married and hasn't bothered to tell her. He is charismatic however, and persistent, and soon Jane is willing to be seduced into living out a romantic fantasy, the first passionate love affair she has ever had, and likely the last one she will ever have.
--Esther, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Summertime |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
Lover is...
- not quite a crook, but doing something bad
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- secretary
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- play
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