L'Eclisse poster
Screenplay Tonino Guerra, Michelangelo Antonioni
Director Michelangelo Antonioni

L'Eclisse

Original Title: L'eclisse

Tagline: … the ache and ecstasy of love…

Release Date: 1962-04-12

Duration: 126 minutes

Synopsis

This romantic drama by Michelangelo Antonioni follows the love life of Vittoria, a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.

Casting

  • Alain Delon
    Piero
  • Lilla Brignone
    Vittoria's Mother
  • Monica Vitti
    Vittoria
  • Francisco Rabal
    Riccardo
  • Cyrus Elias
    Intoxicated Man
  • Louis Seigner
    Ercoli
  • Rossana Rory
    Anita
  • Mirella Ricciardi
    Marta