La notte

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La notte
DVD Cover for English version.
Directed by	Michelangelo Antonioni
Produced by	Emanuele Cassuto
Written by	Michelangelo Antonioni Ennio Flaiano Tonino Guerra
Starring	Marcello Mastroianni Jeanne Moreau Monica Vitti Bernhard Wicki
Music by	Giorgio Gaslini
Cinematography	Gianni Di Venanzo
Editing by	Eraldo Da Roma
Distributed by	Lopert Pictures Corporation (USA)
Release date(s)	January 24, 1961 February 19, 1962
Running time	122 min
Country	Italy / France
Language	Italian
Preceded by	L'avventura
Followed by	L'eclisse
IMDb profile

La Notte (The Night) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. It is considered the central film of a trilogy beginning with L'avventura and ending with L'eclisse.

The film stars Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Maria Pia Luzi and Rosy Mazzacurati. It depicts a husband and wife, and the effect on their relationship of the death of a close friend.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Awards 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Plot

Giovanni, a successful writer, and his wife Lidia visit their friend Tommaso who is dying in hospital. They leave together to attend Giovanni's book promotion. At the book promotion, Giovanni gets caught up talking to everyone at the event and Lidia sneaks out and goes on a long tour through the city of Milan. Eventually, they meet back at home and they decide to go out together to an erotic dance performance at a night club. After, they visit the party of a billionaire, who wants Giovanni to write a book about the history of his company. Both flirt with others, and they both notice this fact. Later Lidia phones the hospital and is informed, that her friend Tommaso is now dead. Tired of her husband in the morning she tells her husband that she doesn't love him anymore.

[edit] Awards

The film won the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival.

[edit] References

The film is a recurring joke in the films of Monty Python. In the trailer for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, it is used as an example of a run-of-the-mill film, along with Herbie Rides Again. At the end of Monty Python’s Life of Brian, a message appears at the end of the credits, telling the audience to see La Notte if they enjoyed the film. It was originally referenced on the television show Monty Python's Flying Circus, where a director with a thick Caribbean accent is arrested for impersonating Antonioni; then Eric Idle proceeds to recite Antonioni's career and methods as the credits roll.

[edit] External links

• La Notte at the Internet Movie Database
• La Notte review

Awards
Preceded by El Lazarillo de Tormes	Golden Bear winner 1961	Succeeded by A Kind of Loving

v • d • e Films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni Cronaca di un amore (Chronicle of a Love, 1950) • I vinti (The Vanquished, 1952) • La signora senza camelie (The Lady Without Camelias, 1953) • L'amore in città (1953, segment "Tentato suicido") • Le amiche (The Girl Friends, 1955) • Il grido (The Outcry, 1957) • L'avventura(The Adventure, 1960) • La notte(The Night, 1961) • L'eclisse (The Eclipse, 1962) • Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert, 1964)• I tre volti (Three Faces of a Woman, 1965, segment "Il provino") • Blowup (1966) • Zabriskie Point (1970) • Chung Kuo (China, 1972) • Professione: reporter (The Passenger, 1975) • Il mistero di Oberwald (The Mystery of Oberwald, 1981) • Identificazione di una donna (Identification of a Woman, 1982) • Beyond the Clouds (Par Dela Les Nuages, 1995) • Eros (2004, segment "Il filo pericoloso delle cose")