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Actors: Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about L'Avventura |
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L'AVVENTURA is a movie co-written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni in 1960. The picture won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
During a holiday trip on the Mediterranean Sea, Lea Massari, the girlfriend of Gabriele Ferzetti, disappears without leaving a trace. Ferzetti and Monica Vitti, the best friend of the missing Massari, will spend the next days looking for her. They hope that she has deliberately vanished after a nervous breakdown. Ferzetti, a rich playboy, has already forgotten Massari and tries to seduce Monica Vitti. Vitti, feeling guilty about her friend, at first resists but finally falls deeply in love with Ferzetti.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of L'Avventura |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Italian
Woman/class/friends story?
- story of "the rich"
Culture of surrounding area:
- Italian
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- swimming on
Island?
Yes
Island:
- on vacation
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
- moving train
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- seeing breasts
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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