This wonderful movie was directed by the great Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni and the leading actors are 'Dolce Vita' star Marcello Mastroianni (as Giovanni, the writer), Jeanne Moreau (his wife) and Monica Vitti (Valentina).
The film is about a couple played by Moreau and Mastroianni, whose marriage is likely to come to an end soon. The love they felt disappeared and they are still together just because of the fear of changing their life. The film shows a day of their life, when their friend Tomaso dies, Giovanni gets an offer to write a book about the history of a big company, he flirts with the daughter of this factory's owner, and their marriage does come to an end. Antonioni tries to express the thoughts of the characters with excruciatingly designed pictures that take their time in all of his films, and this ambition is very successful in this movie.
The film is about a couple played by Moreau and Mastroianni, whose marriage is likely to come to an end soon. The love they felt disappeared and they are still together just because of the fear of changing their life. The film shows a day of their life, when their friend Tomaso dies, Giovanni gets an offer to write a book about the history of a big company, he flirts with the daughter of this factory's owner, and their marriage does come to an end. Antonioni tries to express the thoughts of the characters with excruciatingly designed pictures that take their time in all of his films, and this ambition is very successful in this movie.