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La Notte (1961)

NR Jan 24, 1961 Drama, Romance 2h 2m
User Score
80%
702 votes
Internet Movie Database
79%
Rotten Tomatoes
84%

A new genre of motion picture... to make you think and feel.

Overview

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.

Ennio Flaiano
Screenplay
Tonino Guerra
Story
Michelangelo Antonioni
Story

Top Billed Cast

Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni

Giovanni Pontano
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau

Lidia
Monica Vitti
Monica Vitti

Valentina Gherardini
Bernhard Wicki
Bernhard Wicki

Tommaso Garani
Rosy Mazzacurati
Rosy Mazzacurati

Rosy
Maria Pia Luzi
Maria Pia Luzi

Un'invitata
Guido A. Marsan
Guido A. Marsan

Fanti
Vittorio Bertolini
Vittorio Bertolini
Vincenzo Corbella
Vincenzo Corbella

Mr. Gherardini

Full Cast & Crew

Media

Mark Kermode reviews Antonioni's La Notte (1961) | BFI Player
Mark Kermode reviews Antonioni's La Notte (1961) | BFI Player
Featurette
La Notte - Trailer
La Notte - Trailer
Trailer
Three Reasons: La notte
Three Reasons: La notte
Featurette
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Reviews

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on September 6, 2022

I have always thought Jeanne Moreau to be one of the most striking of actresses. He expressions with her smile and her eyes would have made her a fantastic silent film star. Here she portrays "Lidia", married to "Giovanni" (an equally potent Marcello Mastroianni), with whom she has a pretty open relationship in what is a rapidly deteriorating marriage. It's only after they visit a terminally ill friend "Garani" (Bernhard Wicki) that she becomes distraught, leaves the hospital and her thoughts start to focus a little. She visits the home of her youth, he goes to a party to celebrate the release of his latest tome then they both end up at a lavish soirée where they are as if independent of each other - both pretty shamelessly flirting with other, younger, people whilst maintaining just abou...

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