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La Notte

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In Milan, Lidia (Jeanne Moreau) suddenly storms out of a posh gathering held to honor her husband, Giovanni (Marcello Mastroianni), who has just written a new novel. Distressed at the news that her friend Tommaso (Bernhard Wicki) has a terminal illness, Lidia begins roaming the streets of the city, questioning her marriage to Giovanni. Meanwhile, Giovanni, seemingly oblivious to his crumbling relationship with Lidia, attempts to seduce beautiful ingénue Valentina (Monica Vitti).
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Sam Weisberg Village Voice Ennui and eroticism make an oddly alluring combo in Michelangelo Antonioni's La Notte. Sep 16, 2016 Full Review Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times For Antonioni, beginnings and endings aren't plot points on a narrative graph; they resonate everywhere, entwined and inseparable. Sep 15, 2016 Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker The romantic conflicts of an intellectual couple in bourgeois Milan come to life in a visually dazzling yet psychologically dislocating pageant of clashing architectural styles. Sep 12, 2016 Full Review Dustin Chang Floating World La Notte might not be the most cinematic of Antonioni's. But with older, knowing protagonists, it is a lot more impactful & sadder than L'eclisse. The last scene, as the unhappy couple trying to have sex is perhaps the saddest movie ending ever. Jan 22, 2025 Full Review Justine Smith Vague Visages Antonioni’s upper class characters, with their abundance of leisure time and mobility, are plagued by the fear of their futility, and a crippling fear of truly living. Nov 21, 2023 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Antonioni strips Mastroianni of the winking charm he brings to even his most rakish characters and turns him into an empty shell with a self-awareness that suggests a desperation to lose himself in meaningless activity. Oct 6, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Navid S. Antonioni turns a single night into a lifetime of silence. La Notte isn’t a story about the end of love — it’s the quiet realization that love has already died and neither of them noticed when. Every room, every street, every glass building in Milan reflects their emptiness back at them. Jeanne Moreau’s wandering through the city feels like the soul leaving the body of a marriage. Mastroianni’s charm collapses into fatigue. And Monica Vitti appears like a vision — modern, distant, untouchable — the ghost of a feeling that no longer exists. Antonioni films spaces, not people; gestures, not words. Every pause is a confession. By the time dawn arrives, it’s as if the night has absorbed everything human from them. It’s cold, hypnotic, devastatingly beautiful — a love story already buried under the ruins of modern life. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/08/25 Full Review Alexsander F Absolutamente fantástico, um filme que faz nos voltar para as realidades fundamentais da vida, é de um realismo insofismável. Um dos melhores filmes do Antonioni, e, um dos melhores que já vi na vida, lento e gradual, como-se deve ser os filmes de crônicas do cotidiano que tratam da existência como seu ponto principal. Uma obra-prima do cinema mundial, da época em que se dava para fazer muito com pouco. Da trilogia do realismo italiano de Antonioni esse é o trabalho que mais se destaca, mas, L'Avventura e L'Eclipse também são fundamentais para compreender os anseios daquela geração e da nossa também. "De onde viemos ?" "Para onde vamos?" "O que nós somos?". Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/16/24 Full Review Giuseppe F A masterpiece. Wonderful atmospheres, story full of drama and reflections about love and society. Pure gold Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/18/23 Full Review Luca D Only the second Antonioni film I've seen other than Blow-Up but both just seem like erotic montages where the main character wanders around their setting and random things happen to them. The climax was very real feeling and was the only part I liked. Probably won't watch again. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/19/23 Full Review dave s Michelangelo Antonioni's La Notte isn't so much a love story as it is a story about lost love. Giovanni (Marcello Mastroianni) is a respected novelist, married to the beautiful and introspective Lidia (Jeanne Moreau), who lives in his considerable shadow. Over the period of roughly a day, she comes to the realization that she no longer loves her husband, in part due to the fact that she believes that he no longer loves her. Made during what was probably Antonioni's most creative period, it is beautifully filmed in stark black and white and features great performances from the two leads, as well as from Monica Vitti in a supporting role as Giovanni's potential love interest. The memorable final scene on the golf course feels heartbreakingly real. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Randy B lots of suspense, not gory, reminds me of "the shining" Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/21 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In Milan, Lidia (Jeanne Moreau) suddenly storms out of a posh gathering held to honor her husband, Giovanni (Marcello Mastroianni), who has just written a new novel. Distressed at the news that her friend Tommaso (Bernhard Wicki) has a terminal illness, Lidia begins roaming the streets of the city, questioning her marriage to Giovanni. Meanwhile, Giovanni, seemingly oblivious to his crumbling relationship with Lidia, attempts to seduce beautiful ingénue Valentina (Monica Vitti).
Director
Michelangelo Antonioni
Producer
Emanuele Cassuto
Screenwriter
Michelangelo Antonioni, Ennio Flaiano, Tonino Guerra
Distributor
Lopert Pictures Corp.
Production Co
Silver Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 19, 1962, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Sep 14, 2016
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$38.9K
Runtime
2h 2m
Sound Mix
Mono
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