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Red Desert

Red Desert

Drama

Michelangelo Antonioni

Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Ksenia Vardri, Rita Le nouvau, Lili Rheims, Aldo Grotti, Valerio Bartoleschi, Emanuela Pala Carboni, Bruno Borghi, Beppe Conti, Giulio Cotignoli, Giovanni Lolli, Hiram Mino Madonia, Giuliano Missirini, Ivo Scherpiani, Bruno Sipiore

1964

Italy, France

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Completed

Italian, Turkish

117 minutes

2025-03-02 05:41:04

Detailed introduction

This film (drama)Also known asIl deserto rosso,is aItaly, FranceProducerwomen sex,At1964Released in year 。The dialogue language isItalian, Turkish,Current Douban rating8.0(For reference only)。
In the industrial city of Ravenna, Northern Italy, the pervasive noise of factories, polluted rivers, desolate suburbs, and empty streets create a hellish landscape. In the distance, a young woman dressed in green stands amidst towering smokestacks and pipes shrouded in mist. In this filthy wasteland, she appears restless and lost. This somewhat neurotic woman, Giuliana (played by Monica Vitti), is the wife of Ugo (Carlo Chionetti), the manager of the smelting plant. Ugo introduces her to his colleague, Corrado Zeller (Richard Harris). They are mutually attracted, and Giuliana struggles to control her feelings, engaging in a physical relationship with Zeller. Gradually, she realizes that she can no longer restore the intimacy she once had with her husband and son. Zeller's feelings for her also fail to soothe her lonely soul. This blood-soaked Red Desert is the brutal wasteland that the machine-industrial age has inflicted upon humanity. This first color film, "Red Desert," directed by Italian neorealism filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni, won the Golden Lion at the 29th Venice International Film Festival in 1964. The film uses bold colors to depict the oppression and alienation of the human spirit by a savage industrial society. The work simplifies or even abandons narrative and dramatic conflict, leading to polarized reviews.