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Red Desert(1964)
Status: Released
Date: 1964-09-04
74%
464 Votes
Time: 1h 57m
This is the story of a woman… Her hidden thirsts and hungers…
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.
Languages: Italian, Turkish.
Countries:
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Federiz
Francoriz Production
Film Duemila
Movie: Red Desert
Top 10 Billed Cast
Monica Vitti
Giuliana
Richard Harris
Corrado Zeller
Xenia Valderi
Linda
Rita Renoir
Emilia
Video Trailer Red Desert
Video: RED DESERT Trailer (1964) - The Criterion Collection
RED DESERT Trailer (1964) - The Criterion Collection
Three Reasons: Red Desert - The Criterion Collection
All 2 videos
RED DESERT Trailer (1964) - The Criterion Collection - Trailer
Three Reasons: Red Desert - The Criterion Collection - Featurette
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