Il Grido (1957)

Directed by

Michelangelo Antonioni

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 168 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man leaves his hometown after his longtime partner ends their relationship. He wanders through the Italian countryside, visiting old acquaintances and struggling with his sense of loss.

slow-burnmelancholicbleaklonelyvisually starkrestlesssubduedintrospective

What happens

Il grido (English: "The Cry", initially released as The Outcry in the US) is a 1957 road drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Dorian Gray, Gabriella Pallotta and Betsy Blair. An Italian and American co-production, the film premiered at the 1957 Locarno Film Festival, where it won the Golden Leopard. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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