Monica Vitti and Alain Delon
LOVE SEASON - THE ECLIPSE
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As the third film in Antonioni's trilogy about the fragility of relationships, The Eclipse unfolds in early 60s Rome, where translator, Vittoria (Monica Vitta) breaks up with her lover and begins a tentative affair with her mother's charming stockbroker Piero (Alain Delon). The plot is minimal and the cinematography is monochrome: what's extraordinary is how Antonioni creates and sustains the atmosphere of alienation, and the striking performances from the leading actors.
The Eclipse won the Special Jury Prize at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d'Or.
DIRECTOR: MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI
STARRING: Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Louis Seigner.
Italy
1962
126 MINS
RATING – PG
Doors 7.00 PM
Film 7.30 PM
Michelangelo Antonioni
“Monica Vitti was never more sensual than in the story of a young woman who embarks on a doomed affair with Alain Delon’s nervy stockbroker”
“Don’t miss this chance to catch Michelangelo Antonioni’s modernist masterpiece.”
“A classic of European cinema returns to the big screen, steeped in postmodern angst and loveless existential strife”
