Violent Summer(1959) -

Zurlini uses the setting to highlight the jarring intrusion of war into a world of leisure:

: The film is noted for its "outstanding" and "overwhelming" atmosphere, built through a interplay of light and shadow and a haunting musical "live-motive". Violent Summer(1959)

: Critics have described the film as "the history of human beings documented and preserved on film with great empathy," capturing the desperation of finding privacy in a world of air raids and falling dictators. Zurlini uses the setting to highlight the jarring

: Jean-Louis Trintignant stars as Carlo, the spoiled, draft-dodging son of a prominent Fascist official. He falls for Roberta, played by Eleonora Rossi Drago , a "respectable" naval officer’s widow and mother who is significantly older than him. played by Eleonora Rossi Drago