“Overwhelmed by an unusual fate in the blue sea of ​​August” on TV. Slaps (real) and the nude scenes of Giannini-Melato. The 10 secrets

“Overwhelmed by an unusual fate in the blue sea of ​​August” (tonight on Rete4 at 00.55), is undoubtedly one of the best known films of the late Lina Wertmüller. The protagonist is Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti (Mariangela Melato), a rich Milanese industrialist who, together with her millionaire friends, spends their holidays on a yacht in the Mediterranean. Among the sailors at her service is the Sicilian Gennarino Carunchio (Giancarlo Giannini), a communist with a rough character who reluctantly bears not only the harassment and abuse of a “mistress”, but also feminist and environmentalist theories. During a trip on a dinghy the two are shipwrecked on a desert island and the roles are reversed: Carunchio becomes the oppressor and with his violent and male chauvinist ways he first enslaves the woman, then seduces her. But the love story does not last long. When rescuers recover the two castaways and bring them back to Italy, social distance will prevail. “Overwhelmed by an unusual fate in the blue sea of ​​August” is a funny film that tells the ideology of the 70s with irony and mockery. The Melato-Giannini duo is truly inspired and manages to best interpret the clichés of an era. There is no shortage of excesses and populist gimmicks, but the film remains one of the wittiest on the stereotypes of class struggle years later. Upon release, it divided the critics, but conquered the public by placing itself in fifth place in the collections of the 1974-75 season and becoming a cult worldwide. While waiting for the airing, here are 10 things you may not know.