La Notte

Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau play husband and wife in Antonioni's study of emptiness and sterility in modern life and relationships.

It opens with their visit to a hospitalized friend dying of cancer. They are on their way to a party for the publication of Giovanni's (Mastroianni) new novel, but the celebration is cut short when Lidia (Moreau) informs him, en route, that he disgusts her and she no longer wants to live with him. She leaves the party and wanders the barren streets for the remainder of the night, while Giovanni chases after Valentina (Vitti), the young daughter of an industrialist who has offered him a job. When Lidia and Giovanni confron...