Intensely erotic and humorous
Renown director Lina Wertmuller created a sensation with her erotic fable dealing with sex and social standing in the mid 70's with this cinematic masterpiece. Although stars Giannini and Melato had both been featured in an earlier Wertmuller work, The Seduction of Mimi, the characters created in Swept Away are a display of virtuoso performances which garnered awards from film societies around the globe. Controversial, clever, and socially conscious, Swept Away is a film which can be enjoyed and discussed over and over again.