L'Eclisse
A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Released
- 1962
- Country
- Italy, France
Details
Release year: 1962
Storyline
A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.
Top credits
Monica Vitti — Vittoria
Alain Delon — Piero
Francisco Rabal — Riccardo
Lilla Brignone — Vittoria's Mother
Did you know
• The Roman stock market scenes were filmed on Sundays when the market was closed. Real brokers were drafted to make it more convincing.
• Some US exhibitors were so perplexed by the non-verbal ending that they simply chopped off the last 7 minutes, which is now regarded as one of the seminal scenes in Michelangelo Antonioni's entire oeuvre.
• The last black and white film that Michelangelo Antonioni made.
See all trivia →User reviews
More than decent conclusion of a great trilogy
L'Eclisse is about emptiness, meaningless capitalism and the nuclear threat.
Lack of Communication, Emptiness and Loneliness in the Big City
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
