Red Desert
“This is the story of a woman… Her hidden thirsts and hungers…”
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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Cast
19 people
Monica Vitti
Giuliana
Known for
L'Avventura
L'Eclisse
Richard Harris
Corrado Zeller
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Gladiator
Carlo Chionetti
Ugo
No other roles listed
Xenia Valderi
Linda
Known for
The Swindle
Violent Summer
Rita Renoir
Emilia
Known for
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Lili Rheims
Telescope Operator's Wife
No other roles listed
Aldo Grotti
Max
No other roles listed
Valerio Bartoleschi
Valerio
Also in
I'll Sell My Skin Dearly
Emanuela Pala Carboni
Girl in Fable
No other roles listed
Giuliano Missirini
Radio Telescope Operator
No other roles listed
Bruno Borghi
Beppe Conti
Michelangelo Antonioni Director · Tonino Guerra Screenplay Giovanni Fusco Composer
United States release September 4, 1964 · Produced in France, Italy · Languages Italian, Turkish
Production
Federiz
Production
Francoriz Production
Production
Film Duemila
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Il deserto rosso
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian · Turkish
Release dates
Romania · September 4, 1964
Premiere
United States · September 4, 1964
Theatrical
Italy · October 29, 1964
Theatrical
France
October 27, 1964 · Premiere · Paris Premiere
October 29, 1964 · Theatrical
September 5, 2006 · Physical · DVD
October 11, 2017 · Physical · Blu-Ray
May 10, 2020 · Digital · VOD
January 26, 2022 · Limited theatrical · Re-release
Greece
January 20, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Hungary
February 17, 1966 · Theatrical
Italy
September 7, 1964 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Japan
October 9, 1965 · Theatrical
Mexico
November 23, 1964 · Theatrical
Russia
October 24, 2007 · Physical · DVD
April 9, 2026 · Theatrical
April 27, 2026 · Digital
South Korea
July 26, 2023 · Theatrical · Remastering
Sweden
March 22, 1965 · Theatrical
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