1955 · romance · drama · venice
Summertime
Directed by David Lean1h 40m1955
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.
Our read: Summertime (1955) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded romance · drama · venice entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured romance / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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