Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico (1986)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Lina Wertmüller

Writer:

Lina Wertmüller (writer)

Release Date:

31 October 1986 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity

Cast

Mariangela Melato	...	Fulvia
Michele Placido	...	Beppe
Roberto Herlitzka	...	Turi
Massimo Wertmüller	...	Miki

Directed by
Lina Wertmüller

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lina Wertmüller		writer

Produced by
Gianni Minervini	....	producer
Elio Scardamaglia	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Pino D'Angiò
Greco

Cinematography by
Camillo Bazzoni

Film Editing by
Luigi Zitta

Production Design by
Enrico Job

Production Management
Gino Millozza	....	production manager

Special Effects by
Franco Ragusa	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Christian Gazzi	....	digital mastering colorist

Camera and Electrical Department
Maurizio Piano	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Benito Persico	....	costume coordinator

Production Companies

• A.M.A. Film
• Leone Film
• Medusa Films
• Reteitalia

Distributors

• Koch Lorber Films (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Koch Lorber Films (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• New Line Cinema (1987) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• América Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Highlight Video (????) (West Germany) (VHS)
• International Video Entertainment (IVE) (1988) (USA) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Corridori G & A Cinematografica S.r.l.

Other Companies

• Valentino  costumes

Also Known As:

Summer Night, with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil (USA)

Runtime:

USA:94 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hong Kong:III | USA:Not Rated

Company:

A.M.A. Film

Unnecessary variation on a theme

Get this -- an opinionated, imperious, upper-class Italian woman is confronted with an equally opinionated, earthy, lower-class Italian male. The result is political argument, sexual passion, male dominance and female submission. Sounds like that great Lina Wertmuller film, Swept Away . . . . True, but that is also the plot of this mediocre Lina Wertmuller film, Summer Night with Greek Profile, etc., as well as the plot of that other mediocre Lina Wertmuller film, the remake of Swept Away. The first Swept Away was terrific. There was never any need to redo it.

The mechanism employed by Summer Night to bring the rich lady and the man of the people together is ridiculous and contrived. And this rich lady is less interesting, being more one-dimensional, than the one appearing in Swept Away, even though both were played by the same fine actress, Mariangela Melato. Summer Night's working class male, Michele Placido, is excellent, but it is impossible to watch this film without feeling disappointed that he is not the great Giancarlo Giannini, who played his counterpart in Swept Away.

Really can't figure why La Wertmuller made this flick, or the Swept Away remake, unless she is trying to relive what may have been her finest hour. Skip this and see Swept Away again. Or try one of her other fine movies that don't involve the rich woman/working man theme.