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Identification of a Woman

Original title: Identificazione di una donna
  • 1982
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 10m
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6.7/10
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Christine Boisson, Tomas Milian, and Daniela Silverio in Identification of a Woman (1982)
DramaRomance

Movie director Niccolo has just been left by his wife. He goes after another girl, who also leaves him. This gives him the idea of making a movie about women's relationships. He starts to se... Read allMovie director Niccolo has just been left by his wife. He goes after another girl, who also leaves him. This gives him the idea of making a movie about women's relationships. He starts to search for a woman who can play the leading part in the movie--but also in his own life.Movie director Niccolo has just been left by his wife. He goes after another girl, who also leaves him. This gives him the idea of making a movie about women's relationships. He starts to search for a woman who can play the leading part in the movie--but also in his own life.

  • Director
    • Michelangelo Antonioni
  • Writers
    • Michelangelo Antonioni
    • Gérard Brach
    • Tonino Guerra
  • Stars
    • Tomas Milian
    • Daniela Silverio
    • Christine Boisson
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    3.1K
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    • Director
      • Michelangelo Antonioni
    • Writers
      • Michelangelo Antonioni
      • Gérard Brach
      • Tonino Guerra
    • Stars
      • Tomas Milian
      • Daniela Silverio
      • Christine Boisson
    • 21User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations

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    Tomas Milian
    Tomas Milian
    • Niccolò
    Daniela Silverio
    Daniela Silverio
    • Mavi
    Christine Boisson
    Christine Boisson
    • Ida
    Lara Wendel
    Lara Wendel
    • Girl in Swimming Pool
    Veronica Lazar
    Veronica Lazar
    • Carla
    Enrica Antonioni
    Enrica Antonioni
    • Nadia
    • (as Enrica Fico)
    Sandra Monteleoni
    • Mavi's Sister
    Marcel Bozzuffi
    Marcel Bozzuffi
    • Mario
    Giampaolo Saccarola
    • The Gorilla
    • (as Gianpaolo Saccarola)
    Dado Ruspoli
    • Mavi's Father
    • (as Alessandro Ruspoli)
    Arianna De Rosa
    • Mavi's Friend
    Sergio Tardioli
    • Butcher
    Itaco Nardulli
    Itaco Nardulli
    • Lucio
    Paola Dominguín
    • Girl in Window
    Pier Francesco Aiello
    Pier Francesco Aiello
    • Young Man at Party
    • (as Pierfrancesco Aiello)
    Carlos Alberto Valles
    • Close-Up Man
    • (as Carlos Valles)
    Giada Gerini
    • Landlady
    Luisa Della Noce
    • Mavi's Mother
    • Director
      • Michelangelo Antonioni
    • Writers
      • Michelangelo Antonioni
      • Gérard Brach
      • Tonino Guerra
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    • Trivia
      The last feature film Michelangelo Antonioni made before his debilitating stroke.
    • Quotes

      Niccolo: Who said, "Family life is an invasion of one's privacy"?

    • Connections
      Featured in Tonino Guerra: A Poet in the Movies (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      The Fire Inside
      Written by Steve Hillage and Monique Giraudy (as Miquette Giraudy)

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    User reviews21

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    8/10
    A divorced film director has an affair that ends badly and its mostly her fault, then another affair that ends badly and its mostly his fault.
    Antonioni's "The Passenger" is probably my favorite film. It's a singular work which manages to have the highest philosophical ambitions without seeming the least pretentious. That's not to say that Antonioni never seems pretentious. He sometimes is very much so, and this is a case in point. I wouldn't describe this as a good movie exactly- it's a bit too self-absorbed, with some lousy dialog and a howlingly funny leading man, who seems like an SNL parody of an Italian leading man. But having said that, it's still vintage Antonioni, and he was a master. For every moment that makes a fan wince, there are others of exceptional compositional beauty: street scenes in which "extras" take on inarticulable metaphysical weight, moments, such as a scene where the protagonist is lost in fog, that seem to depict the invisible. The theme of the film could seem misogynistic, and in a way it is. But really, this film is about the unknowability of the Other, and the way that black hole nonetheless illuminates Being.
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    • Release date
      • November 15, 1996 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Identifikation einer Frau
    • Filming locations
      • Via Angelo Masina, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Niccolo's house)
    • Production companies
      • Iter Film
      • Rai 2
      • Gaumont
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,605
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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