L'avventura (1960)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.0/10   

Director:

Michelangelo Antonioni

Escritores:

Michelangelo Antonioni (story)
Michelangelo Antonioni (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

4 marzo 1961 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Misterio

Plot:

A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. But during the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Island | Search | Italy | Yacht

Premios:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Beautiful, yes--but it all falls a bit flat

Reparto

Gabriele Ferzetti	...	Sandro
Monica Vitti	...	Claudia
Lea Massari	...	Anna
Dominique Blanchar	...	Giulia
Renzo Ricci	...	Anna's Father
James Addams	...	Corrado
Dorothy De Poliolo	...	Gloria Perkins
Lelio Luttazzi	...	Raimondo
Giovanni Petrucci	...	Prince Goffredo
Esmeralda Ruspoli	...	Patrizia
Jack O'Connell	...	Old man on the island
Angela Tommasi Di Lampedusa	...	The Princess
Franco Cimino
Prof. Cucco	...	Ettore
Giovanni Danesi

También conocida como:

L'isola (Italy) (working title)
The Adventure (International: English title) (literal title)
La aventura (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

141 min

País:

Italy | France

Idioma:

Italiano | Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.78 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Australia:PG | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (re-rating) (1995) | UK:X (original rating) | West Germany:18

Locaciones de Filmación:

Aeolian Islands, Messina, Sicily, Italy

Compañía:

Cino del Duca

Trivialidades:

The boat which the main characters holiday on was seized by the owner for non-payment. This is why the boat appears to be bigger in some scenes as the replacement that Antonioni procured was actually a little larger.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: During the sequence in which Sandro and the newspaper reporter cross a street, the shadows of the camera and the crew are clearly and prolongedly visible on the actors and on the street surface.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Money Programme (#3.3)" (1972)

Beautiful, yes--but it all falls a bit flat

I know, I know, I just didn't "get" it. That's always the line of apologists for movies that lie there like 3 day old fish. I don't fall for it myself.

The movie is great to look at, and there are some good performances and interesting sequences, but it doesn't add up to a good movie.

Problem numero uno--it's a movie about bored people which does not completely avoid the trap of being dull as a consequence.

Problem numero due--the people are conflicted and restless and troubled, but almost totally unable to convey their thoughts or feelings. This comes to have the effect of severing the viewer's interest in said people. Claudia remains the most interesting because she is really the only person who seems alive and responsive to the moment, but she is not enough to make the movie a good one.

Problem numero tre--there is no there there. Every positive review I have seen of this film involves the reviewer bringing most of the refreshments to the party, then saying it is a great celebration. It's nice to be delighted with one's own cleverness in "helping" a movie by filling in all the many missing elements, but that's no reason to tell other people it's a great movie. It is not all up there on the screen. I am not averse to bringing my participation to the movie experience, but I don't expect a movie to be like MadLibs in which I am expected to supply all the verbs.

So, a much anticipated "classic" that disappoints; that's my review.