Red Desert
Also known as Deserto rosso
1964 film by Michelangelo Antonioni
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7.3In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.
Released: 1964-09-04117 minDir: Michelangelo AntonioniDrama
Cast
- Monica Vitti as Giuliana
- Richard Harris as Corrado Zeller
- Carlo Chionetti as Ugo
- Xenia Valderi as Linda
- Rita Renoir as Emilia
- Lili Rheims as Telescope Operator's Wife
Themes
- adultery
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Red Desert (Italian: Il deserto rosso) is a 1964 psychological drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, written by Antonioni and Tonino Guerra, and starring Monica Vitti and Richard Harris. Set in Northern Italy, the story follows a troubled woman who is unable to adapt to her environment after an automobile accident. This was Antonioni's first color film.
This was the last in a series of four films he made with Vitti between 1959 and 1964, preceded by L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962). Red Desert was awarded the Golden Lion at the 25th Venice International Film Festival in 1964. It has received acclaim from critics.