The second feature film by cinema master Michelangelo Antonioni La signora senza camelie [The Lady Without Camelias] expanded the expressive palette of contemporary Italian movies demonstrating that a personal vision could take an explicitly poetic tack; that seriousness = neo-realism was perhaps already turning into something of a truism; and that Antonioni would answer to no-one but himself. It's the story of a shopclerk named Clara (played by the captivating Lucia Bos also of Antonioni's brilliant debut feature Cronaca di un amore) who finds a chance casting in... a small movie role develop into a fullblown career as screen-siren. Tension erupts when her husband can no longer tolerate watching her frivolous cinema escapades and pushes her into a serious artistic production of the life of Joan of Arc... whereupon she is castigated by the critical establishment. A riveting 'behind-the-scenes' show-business drama La signora senza camelie explores themes that would haunt its director from L'avventura through La notte and The Passenger - the tenuous hold of an individual on her identity and the dangers inherent to performance in life and on-screen. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray and DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD LA SIGNORA SENZA CAMELIE (or Lady without Camelias) was the third feature-length directorial effort by Michelangelo Antonioni It is possible that the director invested a great deal of himself in the story&39;s central character a film producer played by Gino Cervi Turning shopgirl Clara Manni (Lucia Bose) into a major movie star Ercole Ercolino (Cervi) caps this Svengalilike action by marrying the girl Her head in the clouds Clara demands that her husband star her in an "artistic" production rather than the sexy vehicles in which she&39;s previously appeared When the film bombs so does the marriage The film ends with a backhanded paean to public taste a commodity Antonioni seldom bothered himself with in his future films Director Michelangelo Antonioni Certificate PG Year 1953 Screen Widescreen 137 Languages Italian Subtitles English Duration 1 hour and 45 minutes (approx)
Classic Italian drama from the legendary director Michelangelo Antonioni. When Clara (Lucia Bose) is plucked from obscurity by film producer Ercole (Gino Cervi), she is delighted to find herself cast in a number of small roles. The two get married and it's not long before Gino becomes sick of Clara being stereotypically cast as a sexpot. When he pushes her into a more serious starring role as Joan of Arc, the film bombs, and the couple's relationship is pushed to breaking point...
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