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7.7/10   2,320 votes
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Writers:
Michelangelo Antonioni (writer) &
Tonino Guerra (writer)
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Release Date:
8 February 1965 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Cold, rain, and fog surround a plant in Ravenna. Factory waste pollutes local lakes; hulking anonymous ships pass or dock and raise quarantine flags... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins more
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Colour, light, vision, motion more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Monica Vitti ... Giuliana

Richard Harris ... Corrado Zeller
Carlo Chionetti ... Ugo
Xenia Valderi ... Linda
Rita Renoir ... Emilia
Lili Rheims ... Telescope operator's wife
Aldo Grotti ... Max
Valerio Bartoleschi ... Giuliana's son
Emanuela Paola Carboni ... Girl in fable
Bruno Borghi
Beppe Conti
Julio Cotignoli
Giovanni Lolli
Hiram Mino Madonia
Giuliano Missirini ... Radio telescope operator
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Le désert rouge (France)
Red Desert (USA)
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Runtime:
120 min
Country:
Italy | France
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 (video rating) (1995) | UK:X (original rating)
Company:
Film Duemila more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
David Hemmings claims in his autobiography that Richard Harris was kicked off the film after he punched Antonioni and that the scenes that were still to be completed were done with another actor who was photographed from behind. Hemmings was apparently told this when Harris warned him about Antonioni when Hemmings was working on Blowup (1966). more
Quotes:
Giuliana: I feel my eyes tearing up. What should I do with my eyes? What should I watch?
Corrado Zeller: You ask what you should watch. I ask how I should live. It's the same thing.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Nostalghia (1983) more

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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Colour, light, vision, motion, 8 July 1999
10/10
Author: cwitt

Thirty-five years later, this film is amazing for many reasons, mostly perhaps for Antonioni's daring, bold, unique and amazing sense of colour. Great performances all around, great camera work, soundtrack - it's perfect. The theme is one that Antonioni has explored since his very first film: emotional, physical and historical alienation. Those who know the work of the artist Giorgio Morandi will find many similarities in the colour schemes and how Antonioni frames each shot. A rewarding, astonishing and visionary film in every sense.

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