Avventura

Avventura is a Film free - Italy N of Michelangelo Antonioni, left in 1960. First shutter of a trilogy ( the Eclipse , 1961, and the Night , 1962), it imposed Antonioni like one of the large Masters of cinematographic modernity.

Synopsis

Anna, idle wealthy heiress, is promised in marriage to Sandro, an architect. Whereas they go on a cruise in the Mediterranean accompanied by friends, Anna disappears during a stopover on a rocky small island. Research is organized, which brings closer Sandro de Claudia, the best friend of Anna. This research quickly becomes a pretext with their incipient love, and Sandro and Claudia become lovers. But during a reception where they go, Claudia surprises Sandro with a courtesan: it continues it until a deserted place, where it beseeches a forgiveness that she grants to him in silence.

Data sheet

Title: Avventura
Realizer: Michelangelo Antonioni
Coming out date in France: 1960
Lasted: 139 minutes
Scenario writers: Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra and Elio Bartoloni
Producing: Carlo Ponti
Music: Giovanni Fusco
Photography: Aldo Scavarda
Assembler: Giovanni Fusco
decorator Chief: Piero Poletto
Kind: drama

Distribution

Gabriele Ferzetti : Sandro
Monica Vitti : Claudia
Lea Massari: Anna
Dominique Blanchar: Giulia
Renzo Ricci : the father of Anna
James Addams: Corrado
Dorothy De Poliolo: Gloria Perkins
Lelio Luttazzi : Raimondo
Giovanni Petrucci : the prince Goffredo
Esmeralda Ruspoli: Patrizia
Jack O' Connell: the old man of the island

Reward

Price of the jury to the Cannes festival in 1960.

Anecdotes

the film was hooted during its first projection to the Cannes festival, the absence of explanations on the disappearance of Anna badly being judged at the time.

External bond

'' Avventura '' on Internet Movie Database.

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