L'Avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni

Screenplay by Antonioni, Elio Bartolini, Tonino Guerra With: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari Anna, a woman engaged in a troubled love affair, takes an ocean cruise with a yacht full of rich passengers. When they disembark on a small island near Sicily, Anna disappears and, for much of the film, the woman's best friend Claudia and Anna's lover Sandro search for her, while dealing with the emotional impact of her disappearance. 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.