Summertime (Summer Madness) (1955)

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David Lean’s name immediately springs to mind such epic features as Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. Not a bad resume to have built a reputation and career off of, but it doesn’t quite explain Summertime. So this quiet little story about an American spinster taking a romantic trip through Venice to find love and recenter herself comes from the same man who put Peter O’Toole through hel... read more

(BluRay) 'Travelogue' espléndido por Venecia a todo hora, incluyendo concierto de Rossini, pero con toques precisos de comedia (la caida de Kate al canal) y drama de espantada cucufatería ginga (Kate es una solterona de Akron, Ohio) y Brazzi es un señor europeo que no se engaña, como Lean. La foto y la copia, espléndidas

In David Lean’s visually enchanting Summertime, Katharine Hepburn plays a lonely American spinster whose dream of romance finally becomes a bittersweet reality when she meets a handsome—but married—Italian man while vacationing in Venice.