Red Desert

Red Desert

117 mins | Drama | Sept. 4, 1964

Amid the modern wastelands and toxic factories of Italy, wife and mother Giuliana desperately tries to conceal her tenuous grip on reality from those around her, especially her successful yet neglectful husband, Ugo. Ugo's old pal, Corrado, shows up in town on a business trip and is more sensitive to Giuliana's anxieties. They begin an affair, but it does little to quell Giuliana's existential fears, and her mental state rapidly deteriorates.

Red Desert

117 mins | Drama | Sept. 4, 1964

Red Desert

Amid the modern wastelands and toxic factories of Italy, wife and mother Giuliana desperately tries to conceal her tenuous grip on reality from those around her, especially her successful yet neglectful husband, Ugo. Ugo's old pal, Corrado, shows up in town on a business trip and is more sensitive to Giuliana's anxieties. They begin an affair, but it does little to quell Giuliana's existential fears, and her mental state rapidly deteriorates.

IMDb rating	7.5
Producers	Francoriz Production, Film Duemila, Federiz
Original title	Il deserto rosso
Directors	Serena Canevari, Flavio Niccolini, Gianni Arduini, Michelangelo Antonioni
Writers	Tonino Guerra, Michelangelo Antonioni

Cast

Monica Vitti

as Giuliana

Richard Harris

as Corrado Zeller

Carlo Chionetti

as Ugo

Xenia Valderi

as Linda

Rita Renoir

as Emilia

Lili Rheims

as Telescope Operator's Wife

Aldo Grotti

as Max

Valerio Bartoleschi

as Valerio

Emanuela Pala Carboni

as Girl in Fable

Giuliano Missirini

as Radio Telescope Operator

Bruno Borghi

as

Beppe Conti

as

Giulio Cotignoli

as

Giovanni Lolli

as

Hiram Mino Madonia

as

Arturo Parmiani

as

Carla Ravasi

as Jole

Ivo Scherpiani

as

Bruno Scipioni

as