Red Desert
dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
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In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.
Critics consensus
Michelangelo Antonioni embraces color for the first time in Red Desert, deploying a searing palette and Monica Vitti's exquisite performance to tell a curious tale of unquenchable desire.
Directed byMichelangelo Antonioni
StarringMonica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir, Lili Rheims
Written byTonino Guerra, Michelangelo Antonioni
CinematographyCarlo Di Palma
EditingEraldo Da Roma
MusicGiovanni Fusco
Red Desert
1964 · NR · 1h 57m
Drama
In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.
Critics Consensus
Michelangelo Antonioni embraces color for the first time in Red Desert, deploying a searing palette and Monica Vitti's exquisite performance to tell a curious tale of unquenchable desire.
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