Red Desert (1964)

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This is the story of a woman… Her hidden thirsts and hungers…

In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.

• Released: 1964-09-04
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 57m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.3/10 from 517 votes

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.

Top cast

• Monica Vitti as Giuliana
• Richard Harris as Corrado Zeller
• Carlo Chionetti as Ugo
• Xenia Valderi as Linda
• Rita Renoir as Emilia
• Lili Rheims as Telescope Operator's Wife
• Aldo Grotti as Max
• Valerio Bartoleschi as Valerio
• Emanuela Pala Carboni as Girl in Fable
• Giuliano Missirini as Radio Telescope Operator

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Where to watch Red Desert

• United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max
• Canada: stream on Criterion Channel

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