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Language : Italian

Optional subtitles : English

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Language : Italian

Optional subtitles : English

The conclusion of Michelangelo Antonioni's informal trilogy on modern malaise, L'eclisse tells the story of a young woman (Monica Vitti) who leaves one lover (Francisco Rabal) only to drift into a relationship with another (Alain Delon). Using the architecture of Rome as a backdrop for the couple's doomed affair, Antonioni reaches the apotheosis of his modernist style, returning to his favorite themes: alienation and the difficulty of finding connections in an increasingly mechanized world. (-DVD cover)

After spending a night arguing, Vittoria breaks off with her lover Riccardo. While joining her mother gambling at the Stock Exchange, she meets Piero, a young and handsome stockbroker. He is a seducer. She resists at first, but little to little let him do. She thinks to be in love with him... A film about the usual Antionioni's themes : love and impossible communication in the couple, loneliness. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0056736/plotsummary)

"L'Eclisse" is especially memorable for its strange juxtaposition of the imagery of modern city life (in particular the Stock Exchange scenes; the car running into the river) with that of natural, or more primitive states (Monica Vitti's African dance; the fossilized plant). And the final sequence is almost overwhelming in its science-fiction-like presentation of a silent eclipsing of mankind in his own environment. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0056736/usercomments)

The start with the alienated couple, as well as parts of Vitti's relationship with Delon, are pure deja-vu. They are themes exhaustingly analyzed in "Night", and in a much larger context. On the other hand Antonioni is ahead of his time here, presenting a series of sequences based on the stock market, where a masterful montage creates a relentless atmosphere of madness & chaos. This emphasis on socio-political analysis is met in other scenes as well, say, the one where Vitti comments on the difference of life in advanced and less advanced societies (http://imdb.com/title/tt0056736/usercomments)

Monica Vetti is a treasure to behold and I don't think the movie would have worked with a different actress. Francisco Rabal (Nazarin) and Alain Delon do a good job of not interfering with Vetti's magic act. It is a hauntingly beautiful movie that I have not been able to get out of my head. A truly great movie. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0056736/usercomments)

Ultimately though, Antonioni remains an existential philosopher, and as such the ending of the film turns to abstract painting, in a terrifying series of images depicting the inner landscape. Actually, the ending is the introduction to "Red Desert". (http://imdb.com/title/tt0056736/usercomments)

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