117 mins |
Rated
TBC
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring Monica Vitti, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir, Richard Harris
(Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964, 117 min) This provocative film explores the spiritual desolation of the technological age, featuring Monica Vitti as a disaffected woman wandering a bleak industrial landscape and flirting with her husband's coworker, played by Richard Harris. Red Desert captivates viewers with its painterly compositions of abandoned cottages, electrical towers, and looming ships, creating an almost apocalyptic image of its era. It confirms Antonioni as cinema's foremost poet of the modern age.
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(Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964, 117 min) This provocative film explores the spiritual desolation of the technological age, featuring Monica Vitti as a disaffected woman wandering a bleak industrial landscape and flirting with her husband's coworker, played by Richard Harris. Red Desert captivates viewers with its painterly compositions of abandoned cottages, electrical towers, and looming ships, creating an almost apocalyptic image of its era. It confirms Antonioni as cinema's foremost poet of the modern age.
