L’ECLISSE (THE ECLIPSE) (CERT. PG)
ITALY-FRANCE 1962 DIRECTED BY MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI
BLACK AND WHITE 2h 6m
WITH: ALAIN DELON, MONICA VITTI, FRANCISCO LABAL
Special Jury Prize, Cannes
An enquiring young woman changes lovers, from writer to stockbroker. But an underlying
lack of engagement is emphasised by the brutalist architecture of the setting in a Fascist
Roman suburb, itself a major element of the film.
‘A rich and complex portrait of the modern world … the intervening years appear not to have
diminished its impact as an innovative work of cinema, nor as a wider critique of the age in which
we live.’ – David Sin
‘One of the most interesting films of, and about, the middle of the last century.’ – BFI
‘The first time I saw the film, I thought it magnificent but chill, played glitteringly … at a second
visit, the passion breaks through.’ – Dilys Powell
‘What a strange and brilliant film it is!’ – Peter Bradshaw