Synopsis
Made of four short tales, linked by a story filmed by Wim Wenders. Taking place in Ferrara, Portofino, Aix en Provence and Paris, each story, which always a woman as the crux of the story, invites to an inner travel, as Antonioni says "towards the true image of that absolute and mysterious reality that nobody will ever see".
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Cast
- Fanny ArdantPatricia
- Chiara CaselliMistress
- Irène JacobThe Girl
- John MalkovichThe Director
- Sophie MarceauThe Girl
- Vincent PerezNiccolo
- Jean RenoCarlo
- Kim Rossi StuartSilvano
- Inés SastreCarmen
- Peter WellerHusband
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Tribune
As we watch, we can sense, once again, the eye of a painter, the dreams of a poet and, tying them together, the vision of a master. - 88
San Francisco Examiner
The least opaque of Antonioni's films, unburdened by stylishness and his imagistic inflammations. - 80
Los Angeles Times
A shimmeringly beautiful and wise reverie on love and desire. - 80
Chicago Reader
This is why movies were invented. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
It's that compelling sense of mystery, of the endless search and its undercurrent of loneliness, that sets this great filmmaker apart. - 75
Portland Oregonian
Mostly it's inspiring: to think that a man of Antonioni's years and talents is still capable of producing such vital work. - 60
The New York Times
The impact of these stories is not in the words but in the way the mood, texture and the acting build each situation into a visually intense parable about the similarity of spiritual, erotic and aesthetic aspiration. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
A sad blot on an impressive career.
