Red Desert
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir, Lili Rheims, Aldo Grotti, Valerio Bartoleschi, Emanuela Pala Carboni, Giuliano Missirini
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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.
- Original title
- Il deserto rosso
- Original language
- Italian
- Screenplay
- Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra
- Music
- Giovanni Fusco
- Cinematography
- Carlo Di Palma
- Cast
- Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir, Lili Rheims, Aldo Grotti, Valerio Bartoleschi, Emanuela Pala Carboni, Giuliano Missirini, Bruno Borghi, Beppe Conti
Updated July 22, 2026
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