Student Frederic gets himself invited to visit a Swedish family living in an isolated castle. Read More »
Tag Archives: Monica Vitti
The Girl with a Pistol AKA La ragazza con la pistola (1968) Mario Monicelli, Monica Vitti, Stanley Baker, Corin Redgrave
A Sicilian woman, “dishonored” by her lover, goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him. Read More »
The Pacifist AKA La pacifista – Smetti di piovere (1970) Miklós Jancsó, Monica Vitti, Pierre Clémenti, Peter Pasetti
Barbara (Monica Vitti) is a journalist investigating the local counterculture who becomes involved Read More »
The Mystery of Oberwald AKA Il mistero di Oberwald (1980) Michelangelo Antonioni, Monica Vitti, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Branciaroli
One long and painful decade after the brutal assassination of her husband Read More »
Fai in fretta ad uccidermi… ho freddo! AKA Kill Me Quick, I’m Cold (1967) Francesco Maselli, Monica Vitti, Jean Sorel, Roberto Bisacco
Giovanna (Monica Vitti, L’Awentura) and Franco (Jean Sorel, Belle de Jour) are lovers pretending Read More »
La supertestimone (1971) Franco Giraldi, Monica Vitti, Ugo Tognazzi, Orazio Orlando
Comedy about a man who is sentenced to life imprisonment mainly because of a woman’s testimony, but she later marries him during his sentence. Read More »
The Flying Saucer (1964) Tinto Brass, Alberto Sordi, Monica Vitti, Eleonora Rossi Drago
The serious and somewhat slow Police Inspector and his bumbling assistant investigate reports of “strange goings-on” in a rural community. Read More »
Eclipse (1962) Michelangelo Antonioni, Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Drama, Romance
At the suburbs of Rome, the translator Vittoria breaks her involvement with her boyfriend, the author Ricardo, after a troubled night. Read More »
La Notte (1961) Michelangelo Antonioni, Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Drama
In Milan, after visiting dear friend Tommaso Garani that is terminal in a hospital, the writer Giovanni Pontano goes to a party for the release of his last book Read More »
Le fate / The Queens (1966) Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Monica Vitti, Enrico Maria Salerno, Claudia Cardinale, Comedy
Four unrelated short comedies by four different directors. “Queen Sabina”chronicles the sexual misadventures of a teenage girl on the road home. Read More »
Modesty Blaise (1966) Joseph Losey, Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Comedy
Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government Read More »
L’Avventura (1960) Michelangelo Antonioni, Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Drama, Mystery
A group of rich Italians head out on a yachting trip to a deserted volcanic island in the Mediterranean.
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Il deserto rosso / Red Desert (1964) Michelangelo Antonioni, Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Drama
In a bleak rundown industrial area a young woman, Giuliana, tries to cope with life. She’s married to Ugo the manager of a local plant but is soon having an affair with one of his co-workers, Corrado Zeller, who is visiting. Giuliana is unstable, not quite knowing anymore just what her role is, whether that be a wife, a mother or just another person. Her escape from life is short-lived however as Zeller is simply using her to satisfy his own needs and desires.
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