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L’Avventura
ITALY · 1960

L’Avventura

Michelangelo Antonioni
disappearance and mystery infidelity and betrayal alienation and ennui moral ambiguity class and social commentary
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Synopsis

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 become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.

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When you watch Antonioni, especially films like L’Avventura, there’s a sense of aimlessness that feels so real. You just follow people, and things sort of happen, and then they don’t.

There's a sense of aimlessness that feels so real. You just follow people, and things sort of happen, and then they don't.

— Michelangelo Antonioni  ·  IndieWire, 'Paul Thomas Anderson on the Mystery of 'Inherent Vice' and the Influence of 'The Big Lebowski''
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