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L'avventura (1960) -- A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. But during the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.

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8.0/10   6,153 votes
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Release Date:
4 March 1961 (USA) more
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Plot:
A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. But during the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination more
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(16 articles)
The Eclipse (1962)
 (From DearCinema.com. 19 December 2009, 12:43 AM, PST)

What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #20
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 6 December 2009, 1:54 AM, PST)

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A masterpiece more (63 total)

Cast

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Gabriele Ferzetti ... Sandro
Monica Vitti ... Claudia
Lea Massari ... Anna
Dominique Blanchar ... Giulia
Renzo Ricci ... Anna's Father
James Addams ... Corrado
Dorothy De Poliolo ... Gloria Perkins
Lelio Luttazzi ... Raimondo
Giovanni Petrucci ... Prince Goffredo
Esmeralda Ruspoli ... Patrizia
Jack O'Connell ... Old man on the island
Angela Tommasi Di Lampedusa ... The Princess
Franco Cimino
Prof. Cucco ... Ettore
Giovanni Danesi
Rita Mole
Renato Pinciroli
Enrico Bologna
Vincenzo Tranchina
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Directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni 
 
Writing credits
Michelangelo Antonioni (story)

Michelangelo Antonioni (screenplay) and
Elio Bartolini (screenplay) and
Tonino Guerra (screenplay)

Produced by
Amato Pennasilico .... producer
 
Original Music by
Giovanni Fusco 
 
Cinematography by
Aldo Scavarda 
 
Film Editing by
Eraldo Da Roma 
 
Production Design by
Piero Poletto 
 
Costume Design by
Adriana Berselli 
 
Makeup Department
Mario Mandini .... hair stylist
Ultimo Peruzzi .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Enrico Bologna .... production supervisor
Fernando Cinquini .... production supervisor
Angelo Corso .... general manager
Luciano Perugia .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gianni Arduini .... assistant director
Franco Indovina .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Fausto Ancillai .... sound mixer
Claudio Maielli .... sound
Nino Renda .... sound mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Enrico Appetito .... still photographer
Luigi Kuveiller .... camera operator
 
Music Department
Giovanni Fusco .... conductor
 
Other crew
Elvira D'Amico .... script supervisor
Jack O'Connell .... special assistant to director
Isa Bellini .... voice dubbing: Dominique Blanchar (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
L'isola (Italy) (working title)
The Adventure (International: English title) (literal title)
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Runtime:
143 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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After it was initially met with derision, 35 critics rallied and published a defense which helped elevate the film's reputation. more
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Crew or equipment visible: During the sequence in which Sandro and the newspaper reporter cross a street, the shadows of the camera and the crew are clearly and prolongedly visible on the actors and on the street surface. more
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Patrizia: Do you like scuba diving?
Raimondo: I simply loath it, yet I must conform, what can you do?
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Referenced in Ritorno a Lisca Bianca (1983) (TV) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
A masterpiece, 26 September 2004
9/10
Author: fandango1 from Rome, Italy

A real masterpiece! Antonioni at his best! He is able to capture in a unique visual style the tragedy that surrounds people and their inability to communicate. And yet they are always longing for comfort, love and forgiveness.

It starts as a mystery but it later goes in search of deep human feelings. The scenes are so rich you'd be surprised to be completely mesmerized and lost in his world.

Slow pacing, of course. But what can you expect when you are watching a movie that look like a moving painting of two hours. You simply have adjust yourself to the interior beat of this brilliant movie which opened a decade of successes in Italian cinema history.

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