L' avventura

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Awards

BAFTA Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Film from any Source

BAFTA Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Foreign Actress

Cannes Film Festival 1960 - Nominated - Palme d'Or

Cannes Film Festival 1960 - Won - Jury Prize

BAFTA Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Film from any Source

BAFTA Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Foreign Actress

Cannes Film Festival 1960 - Nominated - Palme d'Or

Cannes Film Festival 1960 - Won - Jury Prize

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1961 - Won - Best Score

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L' avventura

Director:
Michelangelo Antonioni
143 Minutes
 

At A Glance

Film Synopsis

A girl mysteriously disappears on a yachting trip. While her lover and her best friend search for her across Italy, they begin an affair. Antonioni's penetrating study of the idle upper class offers stinging observations on spiritual isolation and the many meanings of love.

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Details

Runtime:
143 min.

Country:
ITALY

Language:
Italian

Color:
Color

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SPECIAL FEATURES: 

DISC ONE

  • Stunning new digital transfer with restored picture and sound, enhanced for 16x9 televisions
  • Audio commentary by film historian Gene Youngblood
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual - layer edition

 

DISC TWO

  • Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials, a 58 - minute documentary by Gianfranco Mingozzi
  • Writings by Antonioni, read by Jack Nicholson - plus Nicholson's personal recollections of the director
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Restoration demonstration

 

 

 

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