Duck in Orange Sauce
When his wife wants a divorce — in preference of a romantic Frenchman — husband Livio seemingly accepts. But when he sets up a last weekend together with his secretary…
The Phantom of Liberty
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting…
A Drama of Jealousy (and Other Things)
Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often go to communist rallies, and enjoy the filthy beach of Ostia. Will the…
The Girl with a Pistol
A Sicilian woman is dishonored by her lover, then goes to London with a pistol intending to murder him.
Modesty Blaise
Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy…
Red Desert
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.
L’Eclisse
This romantic drama by Michelangelo Antonioni follows the love life of Vittoria, a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a…
La Notte
A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.
L’Avventura
Claudia and Anna join Anna’s lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia…