

A rich girl meets a grease-stained mechanic at the beach. Class warfare never looked this good in black and white.
Story of Roberta, a beautiful young woman from a wealthy industrialist family and her relationship with Franco, a rough car mechanic and stranger whom she meets on the beach of Forte dei Marmi.
Acting
Stefania Sandrelli's restless, hungry performance at 17
Cinematography
Black-and-white beaches that ache with desire

Director
Mario Missiroli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Missiroli was a theater director first, which explains the claustrophobic family scenes that feel like staged confrontations.
Stefania Sandrelli filmed this immediately before 'Seduced and Abandoned'—she basically owned 1963 Italian cinema's portrayal of restless young women.
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