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7.6/10   3,697 votes
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Writers:
Michelangelo Antonioni (scenario and dialogue) &
Tonino Guerra (scenario and dialogue) ...
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Release Date:
20 December 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
A young woman meets a vital young man, but the love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Michelangelo Antonioni: 1912-2007
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User Comments:
Lack of Communication, Emptiness and Loneliness in the Big City more

Cast

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Alain Delon ... Piero
Monica Vitti ... Vittoria
Francisco Rabal ... Riccardo
Louis Seigner ... Ercoli
Lilla Brignone ... Vittoria's Mother
Rosanna Rory ... Anita (as Rossana Rory)
Mirella Ricciardi ... Marta
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Eclipse (USA)
L'éclipse (France)
The Eclipse (UK)
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Runtime:
118 min | Hungary:125 min | Argentina:97 min
Country:
Italy | France
Language:
Italian | English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:13 | Finland:S | Portugal:17 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (1994) | UK:A (original rating) | Singapore:PG
Company:
Cineriz more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Final part of the unofficial "Incomunicability Trilogy" also including L'avventura (1960) and La notte (1961). more
Quotes:
Vittoria: Why do we ask so many questions? Two people shouldn't know each other too well if they want to fall in love. But, then, maybe they shouldn't fall in love at all. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Michelangelo Antonioni storia di un autore (1966) (TV) more

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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Lack of Communication, Emptiness and Loneliness in the Big City, 1 May 2007
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Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In the suburb of Rome, the translator Vittoria (Monica Vitti) breaks her engagement with her boyfriend, the writer Ricardo (Francisco Rabal), after a troubled night. Vittoria goes to downtown to meet her mother (Lilla Brignone), who is addicted in Stock Market, and she meets the broker Piero (Alain Delon) in a day of crash in the Stock Market. The materialist Piero and the absent Vittoria begins a monosyllabic relationship.

"L'Eclisse" is a love story in the world of Michelangelo Antoniani, where the lack of communication, emptiness and loneliness in the big city prevails over the human feelings. The first ten or fifteen minutes with Vittoria and Riccardo alone in his apartment, practically without any words (actually very few words are spoken), is amazing, showing a couple whose love and relationship is completely exhausted. The scenes in the Stock Market of Rome are also very impressive. Monica Vitti, the favorite actress of Antonioni, shows a stunning beauty and her alienation of feelings is expressed by her face and few words along the story. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Eclipse" ("The Eclipse")

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