1962 · drama · romance
L'Eclisse
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni2h 6m1962
Vittoria is a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.
Our read: L'Eclisse (1962) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, inventive drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, gentle drama / romance, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- bleak
- cold
- signature
- intimate
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