A woman on the verge of spiritual awakening lulls herself to sleep first by various attempts at empty self-entertainment, and finally by engaging in sensuous affair with a materialistic young man. The state of near-enlightenment is presented by Antonioni in a clumsy, incompetent way, but the climactic sequence has a touch of genius (watching this movie is like having two hours of lousy sex followed by an explosive orgasm). The climax is successful largely thanks to the brilliant cinematography by Gianni Di Venanzo and frightening dramatic music by Giovanni Fusco.
(Script by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra and others. Starring Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, etc. )
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