Word: bert
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Salter, working from an Irwin Shaw short story, has kept the plot simple, concentrating on nuance of character and atmosphere. Taylor (Sam Waterston) and Bert (Robie Porter) are two decidedly American college boys touring Europe during the summer in a beat-up Peugeot. One morning in Florence's Piazza della Signoria, Taylor meets a bored and footloose English girl named Marty (Charlotte Rampling) who is alone on holiday and obviously receptive to some attractive company. She takes the boys to visit some jaded Italian friends; they respond by inviting her along on the remainder of their trip...
...Taylor's idea. "She'll come as a friend, like one of us," he says, "with the understanding that she doesn't choose between us." Bert agrees, but it is a compact made to be broken. Taylor, longingly in love with Marty, clings to his word; he cannot bring himself to violate the agreement and "ruin the beautiful summer" by sleeping with her. Bert has no such scruples. The result is as inevitable as autumn...