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L'eclisse

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Original title

L'eclisse (The Eclipse)

Year

1962

Running time

126 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Michelangelo Antonioni

Screenwriter

Tonino Guerra, Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini

Cast

Music

Giovanni Fusco

Cinematography

Gianni Di Venanzo (B&W)

Producer

Co-production Italy-France;

Cineriz, Interopa Film, Paris-Films Productions

Genre

Drama. Romance | Business & Stock Exchange. Psychological Drama

Movie Groups

Trilogy on modernity and its discontents

Synopsis

In the suburbs of Rome, the translator Vittoria breaks her engagement with her boyfriend, the writer Ricardo, after a troubled night. Vittoria goes downtown to meet her mother, who is addicted to the stock market, and she meets the broker Piero on a day of crash. The materialist Piero and the absent Vittoria begin a monosyllabic relationship.

Rankings Position

#49 Best Italian Movies of all time
#126 Best Romantic Movies in the history of film

Awards: 1962: Cannes Film Festival: Jury Special Prize

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Critics' reviews

"Retains a bleak and dreamlike tone that you won't find anywhere else."

Tom Huddleston: Time Out
"Returning to his recurrent themes of the desensitising impact of urban life and the hopelessness of love, Antonioni presents his bleakest portrait of the modern age"

David Parkinson: Radio Times
"Vitti once again proves an ideal performer for Antonioni's thematics in what is probably her best role to date."

Variety Staff: Variety
"Languorous, mysterious and quite fascinating."

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"Anyone disenchanted with the vacuity of later Antonioni will find the seeds of their dissatisfaction well-rooted in the mannerism and facile anguish evident here."

Tony Rayns: Time Out

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40 My Favorite Italian Movies (48)

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