Summertime (1955)
Featuring a post-screening discussion with guests of the Huntington's production of The Light in the Piazza.
With this sublimely bittersweet tale of romantic longing, director David Lean left behind the British soundstage to capture the sun-splashed glory of Venice at the height of summer in radiant Technicolor. In a tour de force of fearless vulnerability, Katharine Hepburn portrays the conflicting emotions that stir the heart of a lonely, middle-aged American tourist who is forced to confront her insecurities when she is drawn into a seemingly impossible affair with a charming Italian shopkeeper (Rossano Brazzi) amid the ancient city’s canals and piazzas. Lean’s personal favorite among his own films, Summertime is an exquisitely tender evocation of the magic and melancholy of a fleeting, not-quite-fairy-tale romance.
The Light in the Piazza will play at The Huntington Theatre from May 8 to June 15, 2025, More information and tickets can be found here.
