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Actors: Lucia Bosé, Massimo Girotti, Ferdinando Sarmi
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Story of a Love Affair |
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Michelangelo Antonioni co-wrote and directed his first film, STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR (Cronaca di un amore), in 1950.
The wealthy industrialist Enrico Fontana is married to Paola for seven years now. When he finds photos he had never seen of her in the sleeping room of his wife, he hires a private detective, Carloni, to check whether she's having an affair. Carloni drives to Ferrara, Paola's hometown, makes some investigations and discovers that Paola met her husband just a few days after the accidental death of her best-friend Giovanna who was about to marry Guido Conti.
Guido is informed that someone is asking questions about him and Paola and drives to Milan to warn Paola he hasn't seen since her wedding. One understands soon that both were lovers and that they could have prevented Giovanna's accidental death then in Ferrara but didn't do anything to save her. They use not to speak about that event but they haven't forgotten it. They rekindle their love affair and Guido suggests to Paola to leave her husband and Milan and to follow him. But Paola is now used to a gilded life she doesn't want to give up and would prefer instead that Guido murders her husband Enrico.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Story of a Love Affair |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- private investigator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
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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