
Splendor in the Grass(1961)
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.


“… the ache and ecstasy of love…”
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 is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.

Alain Delon
Piero

Monica Vitti
Vittoria

Francisco Rabal
Riccardo

Lilla Brignone
Vittoria's Mother

Rossana Rory
Anita

Mirella Ricciardi
Marta

Louis Seigner
Ercoli

Cyrus Elias
Intoxicated Man (uncredited)

Alba Maiolini
Woman at the Stock Market (uncredited)

Maria Tedeschi
Woman with Glasses at the Stock Market (uncredited)
L'Eclisse is a drama, romance film released in 1962 exploring themes of capitalism, boredom, alienation, black and white, relationship, airplane trip. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, it stars Alain Delon, Monica Vitti, Francisco Rabal. 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 is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.
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