''Ondata di calore'' (internationally released as ''Dead of Summer'') is a 1970
Italian
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drama film
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directed by
Nelo Risi
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. It is based on the novel ''Dead of Summer'' written by Dana Moseley. The film won the Golden Seashell at the
San Sebastián International Film Festival
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[''Filmfacts'', Volume 14, Division of Cinema of the University of Southern California, 1971, p.307]
Cast
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Jean Seberg
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Seb ...
as Joyce Grasse
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Luigi Pistilli
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as Doctor Voltera
*Lilia Nguyen as Maid
*Franco Acampora as Bianchi
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List of Italian films of 1970
A list of films produced in Italy in 1970 (see 1970 in film):
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External linksItalian films of 1970at the Internet Movie Database
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