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Red Desert

Original title: Il deserto rosso
  • 19641964
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
16K
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Monica Vitti in Red Desert (1964)
Three Reasons Criterion Trailer for Red Desert
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Drama
In an industrial area, unstable Giuliana attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.In an industrial area, unstable Giuliana attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.In an industrial area, unstable Giuliana attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
16K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Michelangelo Antonioni
  • Writers
    • Michelangelo Antonioni
    • Tonino Guerra
  • Stars
    • Monica Vitti
    • Richard Harris
    • Carlo Chionetti
  • Director
    • Michelangelo Antonioni
  • Writers
    • Michelangelo Antonioni
    • Tonino Guerra
  • Stars
    • Monica Vitti
    • Richard Harris
    • Carlo Chionetti
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 58User reviews
    • 93Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 4 nominations

    Videos1

    Red Desert: The Criterion Collection
    Trailer 1:24
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    Photos97

    Monica Vitti in Red Desert (1964)
    Michelangelo Antonioni in Red Desert (1964)
    Michelangelo Antonioni in Red Desert (1964)
    Monica Vitti in Red Desert (1964)
    Monica Vitti in Red Desert (1964)
    Richard Harris and Monica Vitti in Red Desert (1964)
    Carlo Chionetti, Aldo Grotti, Rita Renoir, Xenia Valderi, and Monica Vitti in Red Desert (1964)
    Carlo Chionetti, Aldo Grotti, Rita Renoir, Xenia Valderi, and Monica Vitti in Red Desert (1964)
    Richard Harris and Monica Vitti in Red Desert (1964)
    Monica Vitti in Red Desert (1964)
    Monica Vitti in Red Desert (1964)
    Carlo Chionetti, Aldo Grotti, Rita Renoir, and Xenia Valderi in Red Desert (1964)

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    Monica Vitti
    Monica Vitti
    • Giuliana
    Richard Harris
    Richard Harris
    • Corrado Zeller
    Carlo Chionetti
    • Ugo
    Xenia Valderi
    Xenia Valderi
    • Linda
    Rita Renoir
    • Emilia
    Lili Rheims
    • Telescope operator's wife
    Aldo Grotti
    • Max
    Valerio Bartoleschi
    • Valerio - Giuliana's son
    Emanuela Pala Carboni
    • Girl in fable
    Bruno Borghi
    Beppe Conti
    Giulio Cotignoli
    Giovanni Lolli
    Hiram Mino Madonia
    Giuliano Missirini
    • Radio telescope operator
    Arturo Parmiani
    Carla Ravasi
    • Jole
    Ivo Scherpiani
    • Director
      • Michelangelo Antonioni
    • Writers
      • Michelangelo Antonioni
      • Tonino Guerra
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • 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 Blow-Up (1966).
    • Quotes

      Giuliana: There's something terrible about reality and i don't know what it is. No one will tell me.

    • Alternate versions
      A restored version has been released in 1999, edited by Vincenzo Verzini.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)

    User reviews58

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    10/10
    Does everybody have a film that is their template for how they view 'reality'?
    I first saw this remarkable movie when I was about eighteen/nineteen, when it first showed in London. At the time I was blown away and must have bored people at parties for ages telling them it was the greatest film ever made and that they should all see it. As now I was less able to give a particularly coherent reason why they would enjoy it but could only pass on my enthusiasm. Watching it again today, it is not only amazing how much I remembered (not at all common for me) or that I still found it captivating and all involving but something else. Many have spoken of the use of colour and sound and referred to the polluting factories and the grey wasteland but what struck me was that the profound and lasting affect it had clearly had upon me. As I watched the film unfold with the juxtaposition of trees, wasteland and alienated characters, I saw before me the template for the way I still tend to view life and most certainly take photographs. For what it is worth then, this film appears to have been the very basis for the way I see the world. An astonishing claim and it has made me wonder at the power of cinema itself. Does everybody have a film that is their template for how they view 'reality'?
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    • christopher-underwood
    • Feb 2, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 8, 1965 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • Rote Wüste
    • Filming locations
      • Spiaggia Rosa, Isola di Budelli, Sardinia, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Film Duemila
      • Federiz
      • Francoriz Production
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $12,459
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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