Il deserto rosso

The suburbs of 1960s Ferrara poison a woman’s psyche. Between a husband’s factory commissions and a lover’s borrowed car rides she rehearses her collapse in acid greens and toxic fog. A slow slide into chromatic delirium that almost feels chic.

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Michelangelo Antonioni directed Il deserto rosso in 1964. See Michelangelo Antonioni's full filmography, where to start with Michelangelo Antonioni, or where to go after you've seen everything by Michelangelo Antonioni.

Il deserto rosso was released in 1964 (IT original-language production), with a runtime of 117 minutes.