A bleak and desolate film, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni with an eye to the emotive powers of the barren landscape.
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07/31/07
Il Grido (1957)
80 %
Reviews Counted: 10 Fresh: 8 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Synopsis: Some men wait years for their chance to experience true love, only to be crushed by betrayal. Such is the case with refinery mechanic Aldo, who works in a countryside villa in Italy. He rents a room in the house of Irma, his lover of seven years. Though Irma is married to someone else, she and Aldo... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Dorian Gray, Betsy Blair, Gabriella Pallotta
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The camera's spare, stunning compositions and the tone of loss and disaffection anticipate Antonioni's later, brilliant explorations of bourgeois anomie.
07/31/07
The two American actors, Cochran and Blair, seem to lack any understanding of the director's methods and deliver the least satisfying performances to be found in any Antonioni film.
08/29/06
A fairly lucid story that puts no undue strain on a viewer's imagination or intellect.
05/09/05
Top Critic
The beautifully desolate cinematography is rich in its gray color palette.
01/17/03
If Antonioni's assuredness isn't yet in place, Il Grido remains a key transitional work, with remarkable photography, fluid camerawork, and a typically unforgettable finale ranking among its most notable virtues.
05/30/01
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