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I've seen this movie overseas in the early 1980's, under its itaian title "A Venezia muore un'estate".

The love scenes are tender yet passionate, accompanied by venetian soloists music. It's the story of a strong, firm link that will keep a husband and a wife together during and after her artificially induced sleep. She gets hybernated due to an illness that had no cure at the time. While dealing with the pain with the help of Irene, a common friend of theirs, David (The husband) remenisces this beautiful story since its beginning: The pictures taken in Venice's Piazza San Marco, making love to her, their numerous walks.

She will wake up after twenty years and her love for him is still the same. Albeit their strong feelings and the fact that they are together again, David has aged and won't have enough time to make up for the years he spent apart from his loved one.

I have been looking for this movie for the longest time without any success. If there is anyone who can point me out to some websites that might have this movie please let me know. Thanks.

Lynne Frederick best known to horror fans for her roles in Schizo or Amuck in a rare and wonderful performance. Wife of Pete Sellers She appeared in Prisoner of Zenda. This film released in Italy under the title not shown here : "A Venezia Muore Un' estate Like most Italian films of the 70's it attempts to merge more than one type of film genre into the script. What starts out as a seemingly typical romance drama shot in venice turns into a much different and tragic love story. Lynne Frederick's performances is outstanding, even in this small but powerful drama. She appears nude in several scenes that are romantic and erotic. The first scene in which the two lovers meet is perhaps the best. Great use of symphonic music to convey the eye connection between two strangers. At times a fairy tale while at other times gritty and brutally realistic. Give it a chance if are able to locate it on the internet sites.

The opening of this romantic muddle is none the less magical. Some piece of classical music is used with great result. Much like Kubrick does with the Schubert piano piece in Barry Lyndon....aahh..well!!?? Anyways....I'm a sucker for great music and images of lovers to be...aaahhh. Remember the little "close U'r eyes"-scene in The Evil Dead, where Ash is charming his way in on a girl by use of jewelry...?? This moment is also great and features some nice romantic music. Ok.....back to A Long....which is typically 70's Euro style. The story is full of baaad cliches + a honymoontrip to Venice. Later on when the young girl (dies and) is frozen down...the now older man is watching the pictures of that trip. And so on, so on, so on.....get the picture now!!?? The Danish video-release is 94.19 mins long(pal)...full screen...very hard to come by, of course!!