Violent Summer 1959 Summer, 1943 wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service Then, on the beach, he meets Roberta, a war widow with a child Robertas mother warns Roberta to avoid Carlo, but to her, he seems attentive and to her daughter he is kind Romance develops Within a few weeks, Roberta is risking everything Can there be a resolution between passion, on the one hand, and war, duty, and social expectation on the other