A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations
Cyrus Elias
- Intoxicated Man
- (uncredited)
Alba Maiolini
- Woman at the Stock Market
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Roman stock market scenes were filmed on Sundays when the market was closed. Real brokers were drafted to make it more convincing.
- Goofs(at around 1h 28 mins) Vittoria and Piero get wet from a sprinkler. The right side of Piero's jacket is wet. A minute later when they are listening to the piano player, the back of Vittoria's blouse is still wet, but Piero's jacket is dry.
- Alternate versionsWest German theatrical version was cut by approx. three minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dolce Vitti (2014)
Featured review
SciFi for the Emotional Life
Smart and moody, this film is not only about emotional Eclipse, it is about the eclipse of the old society as it changes, and also about how architectural changes eclipse older style, and more importantly, nature. There are really smart and insightful comments here on changing racial attitudes, and the disparities between rich, poor, and the people who don't mind cannibalizing the disenfranchised. All this commentary done with the subtlety of the slowing growing suburbs that our leading lady lives in.
Monica Vitti plays our "everywoman" who is our window into the Director's mind, but also herself a mere dot on the landscape. Early on, we see her throw away exactly what she seems to be looking for, only to pursue it in exactly the wrong place/person.
The film has a look of a sci-fi horror movie, but the horror here is emotional desolation, the destruction of nature/natural-ness, and the looming threat of nuclear war. This film, so cleanly represents the era when "duck and cover" was not only a physical act, it was an emotional state.
If you don't like film as art, you will be completely lost by the architectural city-scape ending montage, and the lack of traditional film closure. This is not a light evening of movie entertainment, but it is film making at it's non-verbal, eloquent best. Captivating, thought provoking, and meaty.
Monica Vitti plays our "everywoman" who is our window into the Director's mind, but also herself a mere dot on the landscape. Early on, we see her throw away exactly what she seems to be looking for, only to pursue it in exactly the wrong place/person.
The film has a look of a sci-fi horror movie, but the horror here is emotional desolation, the destruction of nature/natural-ness, and the looming threat of nuclear war. This film, so cleanly represents the era when "duck and cover" was not only a physical act, it was an emotional state.
If you don't like film as art, you will be completely lost by the architectural city-scape ending montage, and the lack of traditional film closure. This is not a light evening of movie entertainment, but it is film making at it's non-verbal, eloquent best. Captivating, thought provoking, and meaty.
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- DAHLRUSSELL
- Mar 29, 2007
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- The Eclipse
- Filming locations
- Rome Stock Exchange, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Vittoria and Piero meet)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $4,813
- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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