Synopsis: A girl mysteriously disappears on a yachting trip. While her lover and her best friend search for her across Italy, they begin an affair. Antonioni's penetrating study of the idle upper class offers stinging observations on spiritual isolation and the many meanings of love. Criterion is proud to present this milestone of film grammar in a new Special Edition double-disc set.
There are 2 editions of this movie (including the current edition) in the current region (region 1)
There is 1 additional edition of this movie in other regions
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Audio commentary featuring film historian Gene Youngblood
Olivier Assayas on "L'avventura," an analysis of the film in three parts
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials, a fifty-eight-minute documentary by Gianfranco Mingozzi from 1966
Writings by director Michelangelo Antonioni, read by actor Jack Nicholson, plus Nicholson’s personal recollections of the director
Trailer
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, Anotonioni's statements about the film after its 1960 Cannes Film Festival premiere, and an open letter distributed at the festival.