Thursday, June 27, 2019

L'avventura (1960)


A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.

Allegorical and mildly surreal mystery drama with complex, mostly disagreeable characters is captured in meticulously beautifully staged scenes and leaves its audience in limbo throughout.

Halliwell**: "Aimless, overlong parable with lots of vague significance; rather less entertaining than the later Picnic at Hanging Rock, it made its director a hero of the highbrows."

Maltin***1/2: "Subtle, incisive allegory of spiritual and moral decay makes for demanding viewing."

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