Nothing prepared me for the black face scene in this film.
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.
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in which two of the most beautiful people in human history desperately try to convince each other that they're both not depressed bourgeois burnouts
Those 58 shots of absolute nothingness in the last 7 minutes are the highest piece of pure cinema.
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What is L'Eclisse about?+
The film follows a young translator who breaks off her engagement and begins an unstable, detached relationship with a stockbroker amidst the hectic backdrop of 1960s Rome.
Who directed L'Eclisse?+
Michelangelo Antonioni directed this 1962 drama, a foundational work of the Italian New Wave and the conclusion to his celebrated trilogy on modern alienation.
Is L'Eclisse subtitled?+
Yes, the film is in Italian and is internationally distributed with subtitles.
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