THE ADVENTURE
Anna is a wealthy Italian woman unsure of her feelings for her lover, Sandro. While on a yacht trip up the Sicily coast with some other upper-class friends including her best friend, Claudia, the group visits a deserted volcanic island. When the weather changes, they leave the island. However, Anna has vanished. Claudia, Sandro and another friend stay on the island during the night trying to find Anna. The next morning, the coast guard joins the search, but they do not find her either. Sandro and Claudia set out to search for Anna throughout Italy, and wind up falling in love along the way.
Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007) is credited with defining the modern art film. Among the most-cited contributions of his cinema are their striking descriptions of that unique strain of post-boom ennui everywhere apparent in the transformed life and habits of the Italian middle and upper classes. Detecting profound technological, political and psychological shifts at work in post-WWII Italy, he set out to explore the ambiguities of a suddenly alienated and dislocated country. He is best known for L’Avventura (1960), Blow-Up (1966), The Passenger (1975) and Le Amiche (1955).
Best Actress, Golden Goblets, Italy 1961
Sutherland Trophy, British Film Institute Awards 1960
Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival 1960
Special Mention, Thessaloniki Film Festival 1961
Special Jury Award, Golden Globes, Italy 1961
BAFTA Awards 1961
Cahiers du Cinéma 1960
FOCAL International Awards 2022
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1961
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1961
THE ADVENTURE (FIC.)
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Country: Italy, France
Year: 1960.
Runtime: 144’
Language: Italian, English, Greek
Cast: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari
Production: Cino del Duca, Produzioni Cinematografiche Europee (P.C.E.), Societé Cinématographique Lyre
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PROGRAMME: MONICA VITTI TRIBUTE