L'Avventura
1960 · Movie · NR · 144 min · ★ 7.5 · 89% critics
A small group of privileged travelers takes a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When one person disappears during the visit, a search is launched, but the situation strains loyalties and leads the remaining pair into a complicated romance marked by guilt and tension.
Also known as The Adventure
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Details
- Original title
- L'avventura
- Years
- 1960
- Release date
- 1960-09-14
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (754 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy L'Avventura if you want a moody, character-driven mystery of alienation and longing; Not for you if slow pacing and an unsatisfying disappearance premise make you restless, like in The Passenger or La Notte.
Pros: moody alienation themes; striking island atmosphere; memorable tension | Cons: slow, uneven pacing; unresolved missing premise; divisive character choices
Themes
- island
- mediterranean
- police
- architect
- black and white
- boating trip
Cast & crew
Monica Vitti
as Claudia
Gabriele Ferzetti
as Sandro
Lea Massari
as Anna
Dominique Blanchar
as Giulia
Renzo Ricci
as Anna's Father
- JA
James Addams
as Corrado
- DP
Dorothy De Poliolo
as Gloria Perkins
Lelio Luttazzi
as Raimondo
Giovanni Petrucci
as Prince Godfrey
Esmeralda Ruspoli
as Patrizia
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni