L'Avventura (L'avventura) (1960)

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7.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Michelangelo Antonioni

Starring

Gabriele Ferzetti
Sandro

Monica Vitti
Claudia

Lea Massari
Anna

Dominique Blanchar
Giulia

Renzo Ricci
Il padre di Anna

Dorothy De Poliolo
Gloria Perkins

Lelio Luttazzi
Raimondo

Esmeralda Ruspoli
Patrizia

Written by

Michelangelo Antonioni
(story)

Tonino Guerra
(screenplay)

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1 year, 5 months ago at Jul 4 12:11

neotheognis

I just started watching La Notte (by the same director), and I was thinking about what I’d say about it, when I realized I hadn’t reviewed L’Avventura. I guess the most important thing is how midcentury and therefore familiar—and therefore how strange—it is, despite the fact that they’re speaking Italian (and I guess it’s black and white, and it’s blah blah blah, whatever else). It... read more

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A group of rich Italians head out on a yachting trip to a deserted volcanic island in the Mediterranean. When they are about to leave the island, they find Anna, the main character up to this point, has gone missing. Sandro, Anna's boyfriend, and Claudia, Anna's friend, try without success to find her. While looking for the missing friend, Claudia and Sandro develop an attraction for each other. When they get back to land, they continue the search with no success. Sandro and Claudia proceed to become lovers, and all but forget about the missing Anna.

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Tags: Drama (18), Italy (15), Mystery (13), 1960s (13), Italian (12), 1960 (10), Romance (8), Crime (6), Friendship (6), Relationships (5), Silence (5), Island (5), Missing Person (5), Disappearance (5), Train (4), Search (4), 60s (3), Foreign (3), 60's (2), Experimental (2)

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“I just started watching La Notte (by the same director), and I was thinking about what I’d say about it, when I realized I hadn’t reviewed L’Avventura. I guess the most important thing is how midcentury and therefore familiar—and therefore how strange—it is, despite the fact that they’re speaking Italian (and I guess it’s black and white, and it’s blah blah blah, whatever else). It’s obviously in my system an observational comedy, not unlike “Nights & Weekends” (2008); a very quiet sort of film.…

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