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'''''L'Eclisse''' () is a 1962 romantic drama film co-written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Alain Delon and Monica Vitti, with Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, and Louis Seigner. Filmed on location in Rome and Verona, the story follows a young woman (Vitti) who pursues an affair with a confident young stockbroker (Delon). Antonioni attributed some of his inspiration for L'Eclisse to when he filmed a solar eclipse in Florence. The film is considered the last part of a trilogy and is preceded by L'Avventura (1960) and La Notte'' (1961).
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7.7Vittoria is a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.
Cast
- Alain Delon as Piero
- Monica Vitti as Vittoria
- Francisco Rabal as Riccardo
- Lilla Brignone as Vittoria's Mother
- Rossana Rory as Anita
- Mirella Ricciardi as Marta
Themes
- capitalism
- boredom
- alienation
- black and white
- relationship
- airplane trip
- stock market
- stock market crash
- stock broker
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
23,381 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
- Year
- 1962
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- L'Eclisse
- Film.image
- L'Eclisse film.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Film.producer
- Robert and Raymond Hakim
- Film.cinematography
- Gianni Di Venanzo
- Film.editing
- Eraldo Da Roma
- Film.music
- Giovanni Fusco
- Film.runtime
- 126 minutes
- Film.gross
- ₤305 million (Italy)
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 557040
- Image
- L'eclisse (1962) - 1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1962-04-12
- title
- L'eclisse
- Commons category
- L'eclisse (film,1962)
- review score
- 87%
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'''''L'Eclisse''' () is a 1962 romantic drama film co-written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Alain Delon and Monica Vitti, with Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, and Louis Seigner. Filmed on location in Rome and Verona, the story follows a young woman (Vitti) who pursues an affair with a confident young stockbroker (Delon). Antonioni attributed some of his inspiration for L'Eclisse to when he filmed a solar eclipse in Florence. The film is considered the last part of a trilogy and is preceded by L'Avventura (1960) and La Notte (1961).
L'Eclisse'' won the Special Jury Prize at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d'Or. Described by Martin Scorsese as the boldest film in the trilogy, it is one of the director's more acclaimed works. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."