Red Desert
Red Desert

Movie·1964·1h 57m

Red Desert

This is the story of a woman… Her hidden thirsts and hungers…

Country

France

Language

Italian

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The Story

Original title: Il deserto rosso

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.

Producer

Tonino Cervi

Cinematography

Carlo Di Palma

Music

Giovanni Fusco

Editor

Eraldo Da Roma

Themes

adulterydepressionfactoryhusband wife relationshipitalyfoglonelinessmother son relationship

Production House

Federiz
Francoriz Production
Film Duemila

Audience Score

73%

507 votes

Skip8%
Timepass20%
Go for it39%
Perfection33%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Monica Vitti

Monica Vitti

Giuliana

Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Corrado Zeller

Carlo Chionetti

Ugo

Xenia Valderi

Xenia Valderi

Linda

Rita Renoir

Rita Renoir

Emilia

Lili Rheims

Telescope Operator's Wife

Aldo Grotti

Max

Valerio Bartoleschi

Valerio

Emanuela Pala Carboni

Girl in Fable

Giuliano Missirini

Radio Telescope Operator

Bruno Borghi

Beppe Conti

Giulio Cotignoli

Giovanni Lolli

Hiram Mino Madonia

Arturo Parmiani

Carla Ravasi

Jole

Ivo Scherpiani

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Crew

Michelangelo Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni

Director, Screenplay, Story

Tonino Guerra

Tonino Guerra

Screenplay, Story

Giovanni Fusco

Giovanni Fusco

Original Music Composer

Tonino Cervi

Producer

Eraldo Da Roma

Eraldo Da Roma

Editor

Carlo Di Palma

Carlo Di Palma

Director of Photography

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