Brief Season (Italian: Una breve stagione, also known as As Long as it Lasts) is a 1969 Italian drama film written and directed by Renato Castellani.

[1][2][3] Johnny is a young American who lives in Rome, where he exercises the profession of stockbroker.

Luisa is a Swedish girl who works as a simultaneous translator at the FAO.

They meet on the occasion of a TV show, and fall in love.

Johnny, intending to secure a future for himself and Luisa, sells some securities in his care to attempt a stock market speculation based on some confidential information, but things do not go as expected.