Overview

In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.

Fun facts

Awards
Won the Golden Lion (1964)
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Setting
Set in Italy
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Music
Music by Giovanni Fusco
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Carlo Di Palma
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Details

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Writers: Michelangelo AntonioniScreenplay, Story
Tonino GuerraScreenplay, Story
Original title: Il deserto rosso
Status: Released
Release date: September 4, 1964
Original language: Italian
Countries: France, Italy