L'avventura
L'avventura
Michelangelo Antonioni / IT, FR, 1959 / 134 min.
During a cruise along the Italian coast, a young woman disappears from the ship. Her fiancée and her best friend start searching for her – but end up feeling more and more for one another. L’avventura is the first part of Antonioni's ‘love trilogy’, all three starring Monica Vitti in the lead role. This film was the inspiration for Ivo van Hove’s play Antonioni Project: see the exhibition All About Theatre About Film.
Alienation, isolation and sparse dialogue characterise this trilogy in which men and women do their best to get closer to one another – but just end up further away.
Details
Director
Michelangelo Antonioni
Production year
1959
Country
IT, FR
Original title
L'avventura
Length
134 min.
Language
Italian
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP, 35mm
Part of
All About Theatre About Film
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