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Swept Away
Swept Away
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838 Ratings

SWEPT AWAY

Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto

Directed by Lina Wertmüller
Italy, 1974
Comedy, Drama, Adventure

Synopsis

On an elegant yacht cruising off the coast of Sardinia, Raffaella, a rich and stunning capitalist, enjoys tormenting Gennarino, a Communist sailor. Fate weaves a different scenario and roles become reversed when the two find themselves stranded together on a deserted island.

Synopsis

On an elegant yacht cruising off the coast of Sardinia, Raffaella, a rich and stunning capitalist, enjoys tormenting Gennarino, a Communist sailor. Fate weaves a different scenario and roles become reversed when the two find themselves stranded together on a deserted island.

Our take

Infamously remade by Madonna and then-husband Guy Richie, Swept Away is a tenacious fiction of sex and politics. Legitimately hilarious and unapologetically abrasive in its mystifying viewpoints on class warfare and misogyny, this is Lina Wertmüller’s most appealing and entertaining film.