Discussion of "Summertime"
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Summertime (1955) romance directed by David Lean and starring Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi. The film is based on the play The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents.
Jane Hudson (Hepburn) is a middle-aged secretary from Akron, Ohio, who is traveling to Venice, Italy for the first time in her life. This is a vacation trip that she had saved for over many years. During her vacation, she feels a sense of loneliness when she sees all the couples in the city. Along the way, she meets Renato de Rossi (Brazzi) who expresses a romantic interest in her.
Will Jane find true love and happiness with Renato or will she go back to Akron, Ohio, and resume life as a "fancy secretary?"
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https://classicmovieman.blogspot.com/2022/04/katharine-hepburn-and-rossano-brazzi-in.html
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Discussion of "Summertime"