Summertime

A classic summer romance, brilliantly filmed against the backdrop of Venice. Based on Arthur Laurent’s The Time of the Cuckoo, it is the story of Jane Hudson, a lonely American secretary on her first European sojourn. Her fantasy about romance and adventure is realised in the person of the married Renato De Rossi, with whom she falls in love. The beauty and agelessness of Venice is the coutnerpoint to their transient and tender interlude., In this romantic drama a Yankee secretary goes on a Venetian vacation and ends up falling in love with a handsome native., Lush romance, based on Arthur Laurents’ play, The Time Of The Cuckoo. Katherine Hepburn stars as an American spinster, entranced by the beauty of Venice, and blinded by married Rossano Brazzi’s dazzling smile. Directed by David Lean., A holiday romance turns into something more when a lonely American secretary on her first trip to Europe falls head-over-heels for a married man in the romantic setting of Venice. Based on the play ‘The Time of the Cuckoo’ by Arthur Laurent., Katharine Hepburn offers one of her best performances as a tourist who finds romance in Venice. Directed on location by David Lean. Renato: Rossano Brazzi. Eddie: Darren McGavin. Signora Fiorini: Isa Miranda. Phyl: Mari Aldon. Mauro: Gaetano Audiero.