Red Desert
1964 · ★ 7.5 · Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
This is the story of a woman… Her hidden thirsts and hungers… Told by the world-famous director Michelangelo Antonioni in his first color film.
Amid the modern wastelands and toxic factories of Italy, wife and mother Giuliana desperately tries to conceal her tenuous grip on reality from those around her, especially her successful yet neglectful husband, Ugo. Ugo's old pal, Corrado, shows up in town on a business trip and is more sensitive to Giuliana's anxieties. They begin an affair, but it does little to quell Giuliana's existential fears, and her mental state rapidly deteriorates.
- Released
- 1964-09-04
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- IT
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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
Valerio (Giuliana's son)
Emanuela Pala Carboni
Girl in fable
Giuliano Missirini
Radio telescope operator
Bruno Borghi
Beppe Conti
