After being abandoned by her latest lover (Corrado Pani), a young woman (Claudia Cardinale, looking delectable) tracks him down to his home. He's not there but she meets his 16 year old brother (Jacques Perrin), who develops a serious schoolboy crush on her. Like his previous film
VIOLENT SUMMER, director Valerio Zurlini explores the emotional conplexities of an older woman/younger man (or in this case, boy) relationship. Cardinale's Aida is not unlike Fellini's Cabiria as played by Giulietta Masina. She's not the brightest bulb but all she wants is a little slice of happiness. But she's destined to be a born victim and by the film's end, you're taken enough with her to be concerned with what will happen to her. Perrin perfectly catches both the moony jealousy and the shattered innocence of an adolescent's first love. A bittesweet romance that should touch anyone who had their heart broken when encountering love for the first time. With Gian Maria Volonte, Romolo Valli and Luciana Angiolillo.
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