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Art house cinema
Classic Italian film
Visual storytelling
Existential mystery
Tips
🎬"A shot of Vitti, hair blowing in the wind while village bells answer one another, may be unmatched in Antonioni's films for its spirit of hope" (Judy Bloch)
⏱️143 minutes — settle in for the slow burn
🎞️4K digital restoration on the big screen
L’avventura
Downtown Berkeley










A woman vanishes on a volcanic island, but Michelangelo Antonioni's 1960 masterpiece is really about what happens in her absence: her lover and best friend fall in love while searching for her. Shot in crystalline black and white, this is cinema as architecture of longing and unease.
Art house cinema
Classic Italian film
Visual storytelling
Existential mystery
Tips
🎬"A shot of Vitti, hair blowing in the wind while village bells answer one another, may be unmatched in Antonioni's films for its spirit of hope" (Judy Bloch)
⏱️143 minutes — settle in for the slow burn
🎞️4K digital restoration on the big screen
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