Solo Tonight on TV. are Network 4makes it Sea flavorthe film that sculpted the myth of Italian holidays. A film that made the story, signed Carlo Vanzinawith a cast that marked an era: Jerry Calà, Christian De Sica, Virna Lisi, Isabella Ferrari, Marina Suma.
Forte dei Marmi. Summer of 1964. The beaches are a hymn to light -heartedness. The radio sounds Tied to a grain of sand. The sand burns. The hearts as well. Taste of the sea is much more than a movie. It is an emotional dive. A story of loves that do not end, of ever kept expectations, of dreams left on the shoreline.
Virna lisirewarded with David di Donatello e Silver tape as best assets, interprets Adriana: elegant, magnetic, poignant. His gaze has the flavor of things that end too quickly.
Luca and Felicino Carraro, Milanesi Doc, return to Forte dei Marmi as every year. Felicino dreams of Susan. But she is already engaged. Paolo, the Neapolitan, falls in love with it. Marina lives her first love with Luca. Gianni, the Genoese, discovers himself in the arms of a bigger woman.
The soundtrack is a hug: Very tanned, same beach itself sea, look like rocking. Songs that are not just for background. They are characters. They also tell them the summer. Each bonfire is a confession. Each midnight bathroom, a small rite of passage. And then there is the passing time. Years later, the boys return to the same place. But everything is different. Falm does not scream. It plants. But it comes straight. And it takes your stomach.
Tonight on TV Sapore di Mare, the film that invented the Italian summer
Sea flavor He came out in 1983. And he was immediately revolution. Nobody, before, had told the holiday as a passage of growth. The Vanzina brothers have created a new language. They merged the comedy with the collective memory. The public replied enthusiastically. And Italian cinema has changed course. The success immediately led to a sequel: Taste of sea 2 – a year later. And then to the phenomenon Christmas holidaysprogenitor of cinepanettoni.
But no other film has been able to enclose the meaning of the “Summer nostalgia”. That sweetness that only comes later. When the summer ends, and you understand what you had experienced. Behind the scenes, the film risked not being born. The costs seemed prohibitive. Was Claudio Bonientoproducer and agent of Jerry Calà, to believe it. To bet. And he won.
The original title had to be Salt flavor. But the rights were already occupied. The case wanted that, years later, Gino Paoli really sang in the sequel. In 2024, for its 41 years, the film was restored in 4K. And reported in theaters. The new generations have loved it as much as their parents. And in 2025, Paolo Ruffini e Fatima Trotta they bring magic to the theater. With a musical directed by Maurizio Colombi. Nostalgia becomes stage. And it continues to make the heart beat.
Location, costumes, details. Everything contributes to making Sea flavor An eternal classic. Forte dei Marmi It has become a mythical place. Symbol of an Italy who dreams under an umbrella. Time passes. But the flavor remains. That mixture of freedom, melancholy and lightness that marked an era. And that still makes us move today. It’s not just a movie. Is one postcard of the soul. Tonight on TV, on Rete 4. A single word: unmissable.
