Red Desert
Red Desert
Red Desert
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1964
1h 57m
7.3(485 votes)
Drama

Overview

In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.

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19 members
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Monica Vitti

Giuliana

Monica Vitti
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Richard Harris

Corrado Zeller

Richard Harris
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Carlo Chionetti

Ugo

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Xenia Valderi

Linda

Xenia Valderi
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Rita Renoir

Emilia

Rita Renoir
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Lili Rheims

Telescope Operator's Wife

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Aldo Grotti

Max

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Valerio Bartoleschi

Valerio

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Emanuela Pala Carboni

Girl in Fable

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Giuliano Missirini

Radio Telescope Operator

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Sound

Bruno Borghi

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Beppe Conti

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Giulio Cotignoli

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Giovanni Lolli

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Hiram Mino Madonia

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Arturo Parmiani

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Carla Ravasi

Jole

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Ivo Scherpiani

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Bruno Scipioni

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Bruno Scipioni

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