Swept Away

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

Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Mediterranean, SWEPT AWAY is Lina Wertmuller's most famous and controversial film about sex, love and politics. On an elegant yacht cruising off the coast of Sardinia, Raffaella (Mariangela Melato), a rich and stunning capitalist, enjoys tormenting Gennarino (Giancarlo Giannini), a Communist sailor.

Fate weaves a different scenario and roles become reversed when the two find themselves stranded together on a deserted island. Raffaella must submit to Gennarino in order to survive. They must determine if their love can survive the harsh realities of civilization.

Winner of the Top Foreign Film of 1975 by the National Board of Review, USA. Nominated for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards.

"... The most successful fusion of Miss Wertmuller's two favorite themes, sex and politics, which are here so thoroughly and so successfully tangled that they become a single subject, like two people in love." - Vincent Canby, The New York Times