L'Eclisse
| L'Eclisse | |
|---|---|
| File:Eclipsefilmposter.jpg | |
| Directed by | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Written by | Michelangelo Antonioni Tonino Guerra Elio Bartolini Ottiero Ottieri |
| Produced by | Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim |
| Starring | Alain Delon Monica Vitti Francisco Rabal Louis Seigner |
| Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
| Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
| Music by | Giovanni Fusco |
| Distributed by | Cineriz (Italy theatrical) Times Film Corporation (US theatrical) The Criterion Collection (Region 1 DVD) |
Release dates |  12 April, 1962 2 May, 1962 |
Running time | 118 min |
| Country | Italy / France |
| Languages | Italian English |
L'eclisse ("The Eclipse") is a 1962 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. It is considered the last of a trilogy that also comprises L'avventura and La notte.
Plot
A young literary translator, Vittoria (Monica Vitti) has a summer romance with an energetic young stockbroker, Piero (Alain Delon) between July 10 and September 10, 1961. Unable to form a steady relationship, they fail to meet as agreed at 20:00 at the corner of Viale del Ciclismo and Viale della Tecnica in the modern suburban quarter south of Rome, the Esposizione Universale Roma (EUR), where Vittoria lives.
Awards
L'eclisse won the Jury Special Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm).
External links
- L'eclisse at IMDb
- Antonioni's L'eclisse by David Saul Rosenfeld
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