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''Rome Adventure'', also known as ''Lovers Must Learn'', is a 1962 romantic drama film, based on the 1932 novel ''Lovers Must Learn'' by Irving Fineman. It was directed by Delmer Daves and stars Troy Donahue, Angie Dickinson, and Suzanne Pleshette. ==Plot== New England librarian Prudence Bell (Suzanne Pleshette) recommended a book, ''Lovers Must Learn'', to one of her students. After defending herself and the book, she resigns telling the school board she's going to Rome where she will be surrounded by people who really know the meaning of love. Sailing from New York she picks the wrong man as a protective consort, providing two potential romantic interests. Albert Stillwell, a student of Etruscan history is a perfect gentlemen, while Roberto Orlandi (Rossano Brazzi) is the perfect mature Roman lover. In Rome, Prudence checks into her boarding house and meets a self-centered American architect, Don Porter (Troy Donahue) whose former lover is the manipulative Lyda Kent (Angie Dickinson). Prudence lands a job at The American Book Shop near one of Rome's famous fountains,working for Constance Ford and her sheepdog. Don is a confidant of Roberto and discusses his troubled relationship with Lyda, a sophisticated artist staying in Italy with financial support from her wealthy father. Before Lyda leaves, Don confronts her on a train, but she is unmovable finally saying she may come back to Italy. Coincidentally, Lyda leaves for Switzerland on the same day that Prudence arrives at the Villa in Italy where she and Porter reside. While in Switzerland, Lyda met a wealthy older man in exile in Switzerland. Mr. Barkely asked Lyda to accompany him on his yacht to "paint his portrait". Lyda soon lost interest in this romance and returned to Italy, followed by a spy on Barkley's payroll. Meanwhile, Prudence ran into Don at an outdoor cafe after accepting her position at the American Bookshop. Prudence cheers Don up with her fresh perspective on the beauty of the Roman square, and he suggests spending the rest of the afternoon sightseeing. They take a trip around Rome in horse-drawn carriages and his Vespa scooter. While at lunch late in the afternoon overlooking Rome, Don buys a candelabra from a peddler, a symbol of Don's integrity because the candelabra looked to be pure gold. At dinner, Emilio Pericoli sings "Al Di Là", a song that reached number 6 after the movie's release in 1962. They find themselves holding hands and sitting close together during the performance, then meet a musician (trumpeter Al Hirt) that Don knows, who invites them to a jazz joint for a late evening performance. Don and Prudence leave and ride in the horse-drawn carriage and kiss in the darkness, arriving home at 3 AM. The bookstore closes for summer holidays, and Don and Prudence leave on a bus tour, where Prudence grows closer to Don as she understands his passion to become an architect. They continue on by themselves to Lago Maggiore for a tour of the garden spots of northern Italy, the Italian Alps with "Al Di Là" playing over the lift speakers, Verona and its famous Romeo and Juliet balcony. At the market place, Prudence runs into Albert and his mother, and because his mother knows her mother, she is concerned that this woman will report to her mother back in the U.S. that she is no longer on the bus tour, but on a romantic trip with Don. Prudence lies to Albert and his mother, saying she is getting cheese for an old man on the bus and that she has to get back, escaping with Don out of the market and eventually back to Rome. Back in Rome, Lyda has got into more trouble and has an urgent need to see Don. She kisses Don in front of the window while the private eye watches. Although Don knows he has to break off his relationship with her, Lyda meets Prudence in Don's room back at the boarding house and Lyda invites Prudence and Albert to dinner at her studio. Not hearing from Don for three days, Prudence decides to move on, and become a sophisticated woman during the remaining time in Italy. She decides to have a sexual relationship with Roberto Orlandi, the Italian man who had pursued her at the beginning of her stay in Italy. She packs an overnight bag, ready to "practice" love with him. When Prudence comes downstairs to be a student of Roberto's seduction "lessons", Roberto plays along, then stops the action, confessing that Don had stayed with him for the previous three days to think things through. Don had decided that he loved Prudence, but then he received an urgent telegram to rescue Lyda. Don is summoned to a fancy hotel where Lyda confesses she has married a possessive rich older man, Bentley, and needs Don to free her from her palatial prison. Don realizes that Lyda is just using him, that she does not love him or even care about him. Don heads back to Rome. Convinced that Don wants to be with Lyda, Prudence plans to return to the States, with a chaotic good-bye in the train station from all the friends she has made in Rome. On the train, Albert asks Prudence to marry him and confesses that he had fallen in love with her since the first day they met, but she evades him while the other passengers board the train. Sailing back to New York City, Prudence sees her parents from the ship's rail and begins to disembark. Then she sees a candelabra and roses weaving their way through the crowd, behind her parents, and it is Don. They embrace as Don tells her of his love and asks her to marry him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rome Adventure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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