Blow Hot, Blow Cold Explained

Blow Hot, Blow Cold
Language:	Italian

Blow Hot, Blow Cold (Italian: Violenza al sole, also known as The Island) is a 1969 Italian thriller-drama film directed by Florestano Vancini.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

A complex love story in the setting of a summer holiday in the beautiful islands off the coast of Puglia (Italy). Here we find two couples: an irregular but happy Italian pair of youths, and the other Swedish, more mature and legal. Gunnar Lindmark is a professor of psychology, while his wife Meret finds here a reminiscence of an old extramarital love, which ceased because of her lover's death. This crisis triggers jealousy in the professor, who kills the Italian guy.

Cast

• Giuliano Gemma as Giulio
• Rosemary Dexter as Letizia, lover of Giulio
• Gunnar Björnstrand as Gunnar Lindmark
• Bibi Andersson as Meret, wife of Gunnar
• Amos Davoli as The Judge
• Brizio Montinaro as The Barman
• Saverio Moriones as Monk

Notes and References

1. Book: Giacomo Gambetti. Florestano Vancini. 2000 . Gremese Editore, 2000. 8884400538.
2. Book: Paolo Micalizzi. Florestano Vancini: fra cinema e televisione. 2002 . Longo Angelo, 2002. 8880633325.
3. Book: Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. 8884405033.