Monica Vitti: Il Deserto Rosso / Red Desert ("The Girl on the Beach") Monologue

Il Deserto Rosso / Red Desert (1964)
Movie Monologues
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Once there was a girl on an island. She was bored with grownups, who scared her. She didn't like boys, all pretending to be grownups. So, she was always alone, among the cormorants, the seagulls... and wild rabbits. She had found a little isolated beach... where the sea was transparent... and the sand pink. She loved that spot. Nature's colors were so lovely, and there was no sound. She left... when the sun went down. One morning... a boat appeared. Not one of the usual boats, a real sailing ship! One of those that braved the seas and the storms of this world. And, who knows... of other worlds. From afar, it looked splendid. As it approached, it became mysterious. She saw no one aboard. It stopped a while... then veered... and sailed away... silently, just as it had come. She was used to people's strange ways... and was not surprised. But, no sooner back on shore...
there! All right for one mystery, but not two! Who was singing? The beach was deserted. But the voice was there... Now near. Now far. Then it seemed to come from the sea, an inlet among the rocks, many rocks that... she had never realized, looked like flesh. And the voice at that point was so sweet.
Who was singing?
Everybody. Everything.

[@Sergio-iz4ku]

No scene has shocked my sensibility more than this one, so smooth, subtle and imaginative... Love all Antonioni's work

[@chiavone84]

So beatiful , this scene clash so powerfully with the putrescent polluted wasteland that you can see in this movie ...

[@afaune]

un très grand moment de cinéma.

[@doodad77]

She's awesome. L'eclisse is another favorite. Anything with her by Michelangelo Antonioni then I'm there.

[@RoyalWatchery]

Thank you for uploading this... I love the atmosphere !

[@Pinedei]

meravigliosa isola

[@ljubohendrix]

Grande Antonioni....

[@juliacopp9721]

grandissimo

[@JOHNNYBLL]

Isola di Budelli " Spiaggia Rosa " La Maddalena

[@jamespollock11]

Bellissima ragazza

[@ingeteloo3065]

bye ms

[@unclealand]

And does it succeed? We can't stay awake long enough to know.

[@VicariousJesster]

does anyone know the song title/artist of the track that begins at 4:40? Thanks so much.

[@arterrorist8702]

You asked 3 years ago but... the name of the song is "Astrale", by Giovanni Fusco

[@jimmypsychonaut9530]

:-)