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| L'Avventura | |
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| Directed by | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Screenplay by | Michelangelo Antonioni Elio Bartolini Tonino Guerra |
| Story by | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Produced by | Amato Pennasilico |
| Starring | Gabriele Ferzetti Monica Vitti Lea Massari |
| Cinematography | Aldo Scavarda |
| Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
| Music by | Giovanni Fusco |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Cino Del Duca |
Release dates |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
L'Avventura (English: "The Adventure") is a 1960 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Developed from a story by Antonioni with co-writers Elio Bartolini and Tonino Guerra, the film is about the disappearance of a young woman (Lea Massari) during a boating trip in the Mediterranean, and the subsequent search for her by her lover (Gabriele Ferzetti) and her best friend (Monica Vitti). It was filmed on location in Rome, the Aeolian Islands, and Sicily in 1959 under difficult financial and physical conditions. The film is noted for its unusual pacing, which emphasizes visual composition, mood, and character over traditional narrative development.
L'Avventura was nominated for numerous awards and was awarded the Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. The film made Monica Vitti an international star.[1] According to an Antonioni obituary, the film "systematically subverted the filmic codes, practices and structures in currency at its time".[2] L'Avventura is the first film of a trilogy by Antonioni, followed by La Notte (1961) and L'Eclisse (1962).[3][4][5][N 1] It has appeared on Sight & Sound's list of the critics' top ten greatest films ever made three times in a row: It was voted second in 1962,[6] fifth in 1972 and seventh in 1982.[7] In 2010, it was ranked #40 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema".[8] The film would go on to influence several arthouse directors, including Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jia Zhangke, and Hirokazu Kore-eda.[9]
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- ^ Adair, Gilbert (1 August 2007). "Michelangelo Antonioni". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
- ^ Gazetas, Aristides (2008). An Introduction to World Cinema. North Carolina: McFarland. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-7864-3907-2. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ Wakeman, John (1988). World Film Directors: 1945-1985. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company. p. 65. ISBN 978-0824207571. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ a b Cameron, Ian Alexander; Wood, Robin (1971). Antonini. London: Praeger. p. 105. ISBN 978-0289795989. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ "Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll: 1962". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll: 1982". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema". Empire. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ Koehler, Robert. "What makes Antonioni's L'avventura great". Sight & Sound. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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