
"Antonioni never made anything better...
Cinema was never the same again."
— Philip French, The Guardian
March 21 – 22 & 26 – 27 New York, NY FILM FORUM
April 3 & 6 Chicago, IL GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER
April 21 Santa Monica, CA AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE AERO
April 21 Washington, DC SUNS CINEMA
Illustration by Keiko Kimura
"Antonioni never made anything better...
Cinema was never the same again."
— Philip French, The Guardian
Italy/France, 1962
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Producer: Emanuele Cassuto
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti
Screenwriter: Michelangelo Antonioni, Ennio Flaiano, Tonino Guerra
Cinematography: Gianni Di Venanzo
Music: Giorgio Gaslini
Genre: Drama
Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Running Time: 122 minutes
Synopsis:
A talented but callow novelist (Marcello Mastroianni) enjoys the acclaim afforded his just-published novel, while his marriage to a well-to-do Milanese woman (Jeanne Moreau) deteriorates. As she grieves for a dying friend she once loved, he is both bemused by and attracted to the advances of other women, particularly the ravishing daughter (Monica Vitti) of a potential new benefactor. An empty evening of visiting decrepit neighborhoods, exotic nightclubs, and a swanky villa party leads to a final confrontation, which reveals the somber truth that love does not always conquer all. The second film in a famous trilogy by the legendary director Michelangelo Antonioni (L'Avventura, L'Eclisse), La Notte captures the intoxicating glamour and amorality of Italy's post-war nuovi ricchi, now even more sumptuous in a new restoration from a 4K scan of a 35mm fine-grain.
Awards and Nominations:
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival, 1961)
Best Director (Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1962)
Best Score (Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1962)
Best Supporting Actress - Monica Vitti (Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1962)
"THE MOST MOVING PART
OF ANTONIONI'S TRILOGY!"
— David Thomson
"EMOTIONALLY ACUTE AND DEVASTATING.
Antonioni's concern is nothing less than the human condition itself."
— Slant Magazine