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Writers:
Michelangelo Antonioni (scenario and dialogue) &
Tonino Guerra (scenario and dialogue) ...
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Release Date:
20 December 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
A young woman meets a vital young man, but the love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Michelangelo Antonioni: 1912-2007
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Black and white is full of color more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Alain Delon ... Piero
Monica Vitti ... Vittoria
Francisco Rabal ... Riccardo
Louis Seigner ... Ercoli
Lilla Brignone ... Vittoria's Mother
Rosanna Rory ... Anita (as Rossana Rory)
Mirella Ricciardi ... Marta
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Eclipse (USA)
L'éclipse (France)
The Eclipse (UK)
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Runtime:
118 min | Hungary:125 min | Argentina:97 min
Country:
Italy | France
Language:
Italian | English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:13 | Finland:S | Portugal:17 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (1994) | UK:A (original rating) | Singapore:PG
Company:
Cineriz more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Final part of the unofficial "Incomunicability Trilogy" also including L'avventura (1960) and La notte (1961). more
Quotes:
Vittoria: Why do we ask so many questions? Two people shouldn't know each other too well if they want to fall in love. But, then, maybe they shouldn't fall in love at all. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) more

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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Black and white is full of color, 8 December 2006
10/10
Author: paveltsvetkov (pavel.tsvetkov@gmail.com) from Varna, Bulgaria

L'ECLISSE is not everybody's cup of tea. It is so slow that to continue watching it may sometimes require a conscious strain of will. But it is a rewarding experience: L'ECLISSE is probably the best of all unhurried movies. It is so desperately tender; Alain Delon and Monica Vitti are so young and beautiful, and at the same time - so precise in their naiveté; the camera shots are so long and ambiguous, so empty of words. If there ever was a movie that truthfully represents the playful and sad uncertainty of being in love, then this must be it.

L'ECLISSE is sure to break your heart... or mend it.

The ending is as mysterious as God's ways and if it wasn't for the music to bring me down to earth I may have thought that I had died.

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