Monica Vitti

Exterior Day (2022)

Inspired by a famous exchange of letters between Michelangelo Antonioni and Mark Rothko, Esterno giorno is an experimental love letter to Italian cinema. Embarking on an intimate journey in the footsteps of Monica Vitti's characters, the filmmaker poetical ...

Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)

Charismatic and resourceful, seducer and daredevil, Jean-Paul Belmondo has always played his roles as he lived, at a thousand miles an hour. He had only one passion: to entertain the public with his smile, his naturalness, his energy, his stunts. But cont ...

We Are Cinema (2021)

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema. ...

Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore (2021)

Necessarily far from the spotlights, Monica Vitti shines in a light intact to the eyes of spectators at every latitude. On scene the artistic path and life full of unpredictable events of an actress both introverted and sunny are recalled, through excerpts ...

Morceaux de Cannes (2021)

We thought we'd seen, read, and heard everything there was to see about the Cannes Film Festival, from the glitz and gossip to the scandals and censorship. And yet, Emmanuel Barnault's "Morceaux de Cannes" (Pieces of Cannes), by this leading expert on Ital ...

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018)

An account of the life of actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), a true icon of the New Wave and one of the most idolized French movie stars. ...

Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca (2017)

Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit (2017)

1960 (2010)

By presenting archive footage along with his own life story, filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores mediates an illustration of the economic boom in Italy during the 1960s. ...

Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)

Biggest Hollywood stars in Italy from 1950 to 1970 through Cinecittà Luce's archives. ...

Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima (2007)

In the film we find some scrap of slow motion they see a Monica Vitti trying to cry, a meeting between Antonioni and Grifi, a film shot in the concentration camp of Auschwitz with a survivor who recounts those awful moments, a glimpse of Palestine today, G ...

A Thousand and One Monica (2006)

There is no shortage of words to define the actress, screenwriter and director Monica Vitti: Intense, beautiful, sensual, eclectic, intelligent, muse... She was a shining star during the golden age of Italian cinema. She is a legendary figure who served as ...

Bellissime (2004)

Documentary consisting of archival footage that depicts the evolving conditions of Italian women during the first half of the 20th century. ...

Heart of the Festival (2002)

A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history. ...

Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema (2001)

A look back at the life and works of Michelangelo Antonioni. ...

Dear Antonioni (1995)

A documentary portrait of Michangelo Antonioni based on Roland Barthes' essay. ...

Ma tu mi vuoi bene? (1992)

Secret Scandal (1990)

Marguerite receives as a gift from a filmmaker friend: a very modern, automatic camera, complete with remote control. Her life will change dramatically, as the machine reveals to her not only her husband's betrayal with her best friend, but also the desola ...

Francesca is Mine (1986)

A middle-aged antiquarian's husband leaves her to go live with her best friend. ...

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema (1985)

A documentary about the Italian cinema as art form and industry. ...

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)

A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party. ...

Return to Lisca Bianca Island (1983)

Twenty-three years after L'Avventura (1960), Michelangelo Antonioni returns to Lisca Bianca Island. The rarefied atmosphere of Anna's (Lea Massari's) disappearance is recalled by some audio excerpts from the original movie. ...

Flirt (1983)

After a 22 years marriage, a couple shows the signs of a crisis. She thinks he has a lover, and it actually seems so, but does the other woman really exist? ...

La fuggiDiva (1983)

Mockumentary about the life and career of the actress Monica Vitti. ...

I Know That You Know That I Know (1982)

The investigations of a private eye shake up the almost broken marriage of a middle aged couple. ...

Unfaithfully Yours (1982)

An omnibus of two different stories: In the first a divorced couple (actress wife and director husband) refresh their old passions via their common flat. In the second a well-to-do dentist-wife is attacked by her petty bourgeois family when she writes a se ...

The Mystery of Oberwald (1981)

A man, mirroring the assassinated King, infiltrates a castle to kill the Queen but hesitates, leading to a deadly dare and revelation of shared history. ...

The Tango of Jealousy (1981)

Since her husband is distracted by his passion for horse racing, Lucia decides to make him jealous by pretending to be the lover of his bodyguard, Diego. ...

Hotel Room (1981)

A couple of young movie makers have secretly filmed for over a year what was going on in a hotel room, trying to realize a "live act" of common people living their life. They get in touch with old and money-tight producer Mengaroni to edit their movie, but ...

I Don't Understand You Anymore (1980)

On entering her bathroom, Luisa finds a naked man showering. She calls the police at once and the man is arrested. At the police station Alberto, a psychiatrist, recognizes the man: he is Paolo, Luisa's husband. Alberto offers to help Paolo, but when the t ...

The Cinema Machine (1979)

Directed by a group of avant-garde filmmakers, the film is an investigation of the less edifying aspects of film industry. ...

An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)

An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian producer at the Cannes Film Festival. A passionate affair begins, but the couple's romance is tested as they face the temptations of fame and fortune. ...

Tigers in Lipstick (1979)

8 comic sketches set in Italy, with 4 of the most famous European sex symbols of the 70's playing 2 roles each. ...

Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi (1978)

For having suffered the violence of seven Himalayan Sherpas, the Countess Valentina Contarini has fallen ill of "fallophobia" and consults a healer, a supposed extraterrestrial who is actually a young Swedish man who "works" for certain American psychologi ...

My Loves (1978)

Annalisa is married to Marco, a journalist too busy with her career, who neglects her even though she loves him deeply. He therefore decides to find another husband, the university professor Antonio, who marries without the first being able to notice it. U ...

State Reasons (1978)

Professor Marrot obtains the secret documents containing evidence of the illegal weapon transactions between the French government, in the face of its high official Leroi, and two African countries. Before making the public statement, Marrot finds himself ...

Il cilindro (1978)

The comedy, centered on five characters (Rita, Rodolfo, Agostino, Bettina, and Don Attilio - "o viecchio pazzo"-), has as background the Italy of the 60s between the economic boom and the perennial unemployment crisis. The cylinder, well explained by "Agos ...

L'altra metà del cielo (1977)

Don Vincenzo, a priest sent to a mining village in Australia, seeks to redeem the Sicilian Susanna. ...

Keep It To Yourself! (1976)

Three episodes of casual erotic character: a porn scriptwriter and his secretary, a man locked up among homosexuals, and a shy man who decides to hire a prostitute over the phone. ...

Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden (1976)

Mimi Bluette, daughter of a prostitute, lives in Paris where she is idolized by men of all kinds and class, is about to settle with a rich man when, in a bar, she meets a stranger. ...

Duck in Orange Sauce (1975)

When his wife wants a divorce -- in preference of a romantic Frenchman -- husband Livio seemingly accepts. But when he sets up a last weekend together with his secretary and his wife's lover, the trip turns out to be part of an elaborate plan to win his wi ...

Blonde in Black Leather (1975)

Two racy women decide to chuck their mundane lives and go on a wild adventure. ...

Midnight Pleasures (1975)

Tina is on trial for the murder of her lover, Gino. The violent nature of their relationship, revealed in the trial, seems to make obvious that she accidentally killed him during a fight. The lone female jury member compares her life to Tina's and, believi ...

The Phantom of Liberty (1974)

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent pr ...

Stardust (1973)

The lives of two local professional dancers change suddenly as American soldiers stop in their town hoping to be entertained in accordance with the Broadway style. Effectively, they perform up to their expectations. However, as the army men have to march n ...

Teresa the Thief (1973)

Teresa gets her first taste of crime -- and its consequences -- when, during World War II, she is nabbed for robbing an apartment. But being poor and perpetually starving, the pretty petty thief doesn't give up her quest for ill-gotten gains and soon turns ...

La Tosca (1973)

Rome, 1800. Napoleon threatens the power of the Church and executions of Jacobins are constant. Angelotti, the most famous of them all has escaped from prison and the chief of police is on his tail. Angelotti is being helped by a painter, lover of "La Tosc ...

Orders are Orders (1972)

Giorgia, an unhappy housewife tired of marriage with her husband Amedeo, starts to hear a voice that orders her to perform actions out of the ordinary. ...

That's How We Women Are (1971)

The film consists of twelve episodes, all with Monica Vitti as the protagonist. ...

The Superwitness (1971)

A pimp is suspected of murdering his lover. He is convicted based on the testimony of a single witness. The woman begins doubting her memory of the event and then, her feelings towards the convict... ...

The Pacifist (1970)

A journalist preparing a story on extremist youth falls in love with a young radical who fears being killed by his companions when he is unable to commit a political assassination. ...

The Couples (1970)

Three episodes. Episode 1 - The Refrigerator (Monicelli). A married couple of two poor emigrant workers spend almost all their money to buy a refrigerator (a must in the '70s). The purchase is too expensive for their family balance sheet. To earn some mone ...

Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move (1970)

Comedy set at the time of King Umberto I of Monza (Italy) about Maria Sarti, aka Ninì Tirabusciò, actress/singer who caused a scandal with her raunchy dancing. ...

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) (1970)

Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often goes to communist rallies, and enjoys the filthy beaches of Ostia. Will the hostile environment pave a way to jealousy? ...

Help Me, My Love (1969)

Giovanni and Raffaella are happily married from ten years, but their relationship goes into crisis when Raffaella falls in love with Valerio Mantovani, a handsome forty-year-old man she knew during the concerts of chamber music she weekly attends with her ...

The Scarlet Lady (1969)

Comedy about a self-made woman in Paris contemplating the idea of suicide at first, then murder. ...

The Girl with a Pistol (1968)

A Sicilian woman is dishonored by her lover, then goes to London with a pistol intending to murder him. ...

On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (1967)

A chastity belt provides an endless amount of grief for a woman whose jealous husband has gone off to the Crusades. ...

Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold (1967)

Giovanna and Franco are lovers pretending to be brother and sister in order to con unsuspecting marks while staying in the most luxurious locales throughout Europe. In their travels, they come across the beautiful Christina, a girl who is being threatened ...

I Married You for Fun (1967)

Pietro is a young bourgeois lawyer who married Giuliana, a pretty girl who was a little unscrewed, and met at a party of artists. Despite the premises, everything between the two seems to work best. ...

Cinéma et Réalité (1967)

In this documentary, giants of italian cinema such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini talk about the importance of cinema after WW2, and about huge moments of social rebellion. This movie gives the floor to the creators of italian neorealism. ...

Modesty Blaise (1966)

Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot ...

The Queens (1966)

Four comedic shorts explore quirky relationships and misadventures: a teenage girl's journey home, a self-serving babysitter, a husband confronting infidelity, and a wealthy woman's drunken escapades with her butler. ...

Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials (1965)

A behind-the-scenes documentary about director Michelangelo Antonioni as he's shooting his segment of The Three Faces, a vehicle for Soraya, the former empress of Persia. Featuring interviews with Monica Vitti, Tonino Guerra and more. ...

The Dolls (1965)

This semi-amusing sex (romance) comedy has four separate stories: "The Telephone Call", written by Rodolfo Sonego, directed by Dino Risi. "A Treatise on Eugenics", written by Tullio Pinelli from a story by Luciano Salce and Steno, directed by Luigi Comenci ...

The Flying Saucer (1964)

An exasperated police inspector receives different eyewitness accounts surrounding a downed saucer and its female occupant. ...

Red Desert (1964)

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. ...

High Infidelity (1964)

Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemmas with jealousy, sex and love. ...

Follie d'estate (1963)

Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963)

An old castle in Sweden, inhabited by a family of 18th century dressing eccentrics, holds secrets, deception, and rumors of murder. ...

Sweet and Sour (1963)

Gerard, a young man from a "good family" dreams of becoming an actor. To do this, he follows everywhere his sister Frédérique who is infatuated with cinéma vérité. ...

The Four Truths (1962)

"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the 17th-century French poet Jean de la Fontaine. The US cut usually features only 3 segments. ...

L'Eclisse (1962)

Vittoria is a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it ...

La Notte (1961)

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan. ...

L'Avventura (1960)

Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suf ...

Il borghese gentiluomo (1959)

The Third (1958)

A clothing merchant Ofelia, a naïve housewife Rina, and the outspoken nurse Edna meet at a police station and discover that they share a failed sentimental life. ...

A Mink Coat (1956)

A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever. ...

Adriana Lecouvreur (1955)

Ridere! Ridere! Ridere! (1954)

A series of comical sketches featuring a doctor, a travelling salesman and some posh gents. ...

Secret Scandal (1990)

Marguerite receives as a gift from a filmmaker friend: a very modern, automatic camera, complete with remote control. Her life will change dramatically, as the machine reveals to her not only her husband's betrayal with her best friend, but also the desola ...

Francesca is Mine (1986)

A middle-aged antiquarian's husband leaves her to go live with her best friend. ...

Flirt (1983)

After a 22 years marriage, a couple shows the signs of a crisis. She thinks he has a lover, and it actually seems so, but does the other woman really exist? ...

La fuggiDiva (1983)

Mockumentary about the life and career of the actress Monica Vitti. ...