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Swept Away

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Swept Away (1975)

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Reviews Counted: 15

Fresh: 10

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 5.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: Raffaela, a fiery and independent Italian factory owner, gets stranded on a deserted, edenic island with a virile yacht hand who has the uncanny knack of reducing women to sexual objects. She succumbs to his strong and forceful... Raffaela, a fiery and independent Italian factory owner, gets stranded on a deserted, edenic island with a virile yacht hand who has the uncanny knack of reducing women to sexual objects. She succumbs to his strong and forceful masculinity, and falls madly in love. Then comes the moment of their rescue and exile from paradise, when returning to society forces them to deal with harsh, cold reality. [More]

Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato

Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato

Director: Lina Wertmuller

Director: Lina Wertmuller

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Oct 28, 1997

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[I]n the light of a new millennium, Wertmüller deliver[s] the first girl power picture, and it's a stunning masterstroke of a movie.

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Hectoring, unfunny, wildly overpraised.

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You don't need Madonna to turn pretentious pseudo-Marxist philosophy into an unwatchable film.

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Social warfare just isn't easy, is it?

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At once too simple and too convoluted to truly take off.

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A riveting deconstruction of bourgeoisie complacency.

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Ed Gonzalez
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