Il deserto rosso by Michelangelo Antonioni

Screenplay by Antonioni, Tonino Guerra With: Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti An auto accident gives Giuliana a shock that, aggravated by the peculiar environment in which the profession of her husband, an electronics engineer, obliges her to live, turns into a state of depressive neurosis. Corrado, a friend of her husband’s, is attracted to the woman and tries to help her to emerge from her nightmare-ridden solitude, embarking on a fleeting and unsatisfying affair with her. The experience only deepens the state of depression of the woman, who is unwittingly deceived by her young son as well when he fakes a serious illness. Having failed in her attempt to put a violent end to her pointless existence, Giuliana will carry on with her life in a precarious balance between resignation and madness. In partnership with the Italian Embassy to Lebanon and the Italian Cultural Institute in Beirut and the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, Metropolis Cinema presents a cycle dedicated to Monica Vitti, one of the most singular and captivating presences in Italian cinema, through four restored masterpieces directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.