Vittoria (Monica Vitti) leaves Riccardo (Francisco Rabal), her companion of four years, and becomes involved with Piero (Alain Delon), a broker working for her mother. They fall in love but realize they have little in common, so they bury their fears by making love and decide to continue
the relationship as long as it will last. This was the third in a series of similarly styled films from Michelangelo Antonioni, the others being L'AVVENTURA (1960), which first brought him international acclaim, and LA NOTTE (1961), all starring the enigmatic heroine Vitti as the capricious,
love-weary blonde. It is not for the plot that one watches an Antonioni film; there is too ...
Released:
1962
Rated:
NR
Length:
123 mins