In L’Avventura, a woman can't move on because of a mysteriously missing friend. It's a minimal tale, yet director Michelangelo Antonioni transformed this tiny modern Italian psychological case study into a sympathetic, Rebecca-esque statement on the contemporary bougie existence, the complexity of romance, and the intricate place women hold in a patriarchal society.
L’Avventura, compared to other philosophical classics of that time, excels in the fact that it details a slightly Hitchcockian missing person case to offer more entertainment values, so its runtime doesn't feel as excruciating. At core, L’Avventura is an interesting love-triangle story, with Monica Vitti and Gabriele Ferzetti playing the two leads. The character Claudia, player by Vitti, is arguable one of the most mesmerizing and humane…