At what time of the year did they go to Venice? I seem to remember Aunt Maude saying "But I had plans for you this summer" when Kate tells her about her intention of going to Venice, yet while they are there they go to a masked ball one night and the whole town seems to be out and about with masks on. Is there also something similar to the carnival that takes place in the summer months or is this a goof?
shareI am not 100% positive, so correct me if I'm wrong, but i think they have a sort of mardi-gras? like a masquerade in the streets? Where people wear masks and celebrate. Something of that sort.
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Yes, I logged on to find out the answer to your same question. I just watched the movie last night and distinctly heard Kate ask her Aunt Maude about spending the summer in Venice with Millie and that when she came back would be entirely up to Millie. So summer was definitely the setting of the season while they were in Venice.
Then the masquerade in the piazza. It did not seem to be the right time of year for it and I never caught what it was called.
Basically, I thought of it as a plot device: Merton and Kate were starting their masquerade for Millie. They were starting to play their parts to deceive her out of her money. This is the point that Kate decides she must leave Venice, the jealously becomes too much for her and she can't play her part while present.
the jealously becomes too much for her and she can't play her part while present.
That's partly it, but more importantly, her lover cannot play his part with Kate there, watching.
One festival in summer is "Ferragosto", celebrated in August all over Italy, with pageants, parades, races, effigies, games and so on.
There even more festivals in July. On the third Sunday in July there is the Festa del Redentore. Venice has several festivals that commemorate several plagues that overcame the city in the 16th and 17th centuries. The biggest one of these festivals is the Festa del Redentore - Festival of the Redeemer - which marks the end of an epidemic in 1576. there are regattas and fireworks.
This is just a sampling, so it's not at all odd that they run into a celebrating crowd during summer.
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