The read
Scores higher than 72% of the 615 1970s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A wealthy woman's yachting holiday with friends in the Mediterranean Sea takes an unexpected turn when she and one of the boat's crew are stranded on a desert island. Her capitalist beliefs and his communist convictions clash, but during their struggle to survive, social roles are reversed and heated passions come alive.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes62%
Metacritic68/100
344 audience votes
Key crew
- Lina WertmüllerDirector
- Lina WertmüllerScreenplay
- Piero PiccioniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Giancarlo GianniniGennarino Carunchio
- Mariangela MelatoRaffaella Pavone Lanzetti
- Riccardo SalvinoSignor Pavone Lanzetti
- Isa DanieliAnna
- Aldo Puglisiun collega di Gennarino
- Anna MelitaUna conoscente di Raffaela
- Eros Pagniun giornalista di sinistra conoscente dei Pavone Lanzetti
- Vittorio FanfoniCast
- Lorenzo PianiCast
- Giuseppe DuriniCast
- Lucrezia De DomizioCast
- Luis SuárezCast
Stills
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Themes
stockholm syndromedeserted islandmisogynybattle of the sexeswoman directorsubmissionmale egos
The Best Movies of 1974
Swept Away is #41 of 58
