- L'eclisse
Infobox Film
name = L'Eclisse
caption =
director =Michelangelo Antonioni
producer =Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim
writer =Michelangelo Antonioni Tonino Guerra Elio Bartolini Ottiero Ottieri
starring =Alain Delon Monica Vitti Francisco Rabal Louis Seigner
music =Giovanni Fusco
cinematography =Gianni Di Venanzo
editing = Eraldo Da Roma
distributor =Cineriz (Italy theatrical)Times Film Corporation (US theatrical)The Criterion Collection (Region 1 DVD)
released = flagicon|Italy12 April ,1962
flagicon|France2 May ,1962
runtime = 118 min
country =Italy /France
language = Italian
English
budget =
preceded_by = "La notte "
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:15250
imdb_id = 0056736"L'eclisse" ("The Eclipse") is a 1962 film directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni . It is considered the last of atrilogy that also comprises "L'avventura " and "La notte ".Plot
At dawn on July 10, 1961 a young literary translator, Vittoria (
Monica Vitti ) breaks off her affair with a writer and begins a summer romance with Piero (Alain Delon ), an energetic youngstockbroker . They are unable to form a steady relationship and shortly before sunset at 20:00, September 10, 1961 they seemingly fail to meet as agreed on the corner of Viale del Ciclismo and Viale della Tecnica by the construction site of a new apartment building in theEsposizione Universale Roma (EUR), a modern suburban neighbourhood south of Rome where Vittoria lives.Awards
"L'eclisse" won the Jury Special Prize at the
Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the "Palme d'Or " (Golden Palm).External links
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title=Special Jury Prize, Cannes
years=1962
tied with "The Trial of Joan of Arc "
before="Mother Joan of the Angels "
after="Harakiri" tied with
"The Cassandra Cat "
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