Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 01/24/1961(Italy)
Release Date: 05/08/2001
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Italian
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Flags: Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Fox Lorber
La Notte is another of
Michelangelo Antonioni's cinematic interrupted journeys. Just as no one solved the central mystery in
Antonioni's
L'Avventura, neither does anyone truly enjoy the literary party that is
La Notte's centerpiece. The party is being thrown to celebrate the publication of author
Marcello Mastrioanni's new novel. But before he even reaches the door of the house,
Mastrioanni's evening is ruined when his wife
Jeanne Moreau announces suddenly she is disgusted with him--this reaction evidently triggered by an earlier visit to a dying friend.
Moreau skips out on the party to wander the streets, searching for...for what? Meanwhile,
Mastrioanni tries to inaugurate an empty affair with
Monica Vitti, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. The very elements that drive
Mastrioanni and
Moreau apart at the beginning of the film reunite them at the end. Maybe.
L'Avventura and
La Notte were the first two chapters in
Antonioni's "barreness and alienation" trilogy; the third,
L'Eclisse, was released two years later.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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