Monica Vitti
Date of birth: 1931-11-03
Place of birth: Roma, Lazio, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 모니카 비티, Maria Luisa Ceciarelli, Моника Витти , モニカ・ヴィッティ, モニカ・ビッティ
Biography
Monica Vitti (3 November 1931 – 2 February 2022) was an Italian actress best known for her starring roles in films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the early-to-mid 1960s. After working with Antonioni, Vitti changed focus and began making comedies, working with director Mario Monicelli on many films. She appeared with Marcello Mastroianni, Alain Delon, Richard Harris, Terence Stamp, Michael Caine, and Dirk Bogarde.
Movie Credits
L'Eclisse
1962-04-13
This romantic drama by Michelangelo Antonioni follows the love life of Vittoria, a beautiful literar
The Phantom of Liberty
1974-09-10
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incid
L'Avventura
1960-09-14
Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna go
Cinéma et Réalité
1967-01-01
In this documentary, giants of italian cinema such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini tal
Red Desert
1964-09-04
In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic acci
Ma tu mi vuoi bene?
1992-01-26
Il borghese gentiluomo
1959-01-16
La Notte
1961-01-24
A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in M
Modesty Blaise
1966-05-01
Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of he
Help Me, My Love
1969-10-03
Giovanni and Raffaella are happily married from ten years, but their relationship goes into crisis w
Duck in Orange Sauce
1975-12-19
When his wife wants a divorce -- in preference of a romantic Frenchman -- husband Livio seemingly ac
Il Cilindro
1978-01-01
The comedy, centered on five characters (Rita, Rodolfo, Agostino, Bettina, and Don Attilio - "o viec
1960
2010-09-05
By presenting archive footage along with his own life story, filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores mediates
Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
2021-10-20
Necessarily far from the spotlights, Monica Vitti shines in a light intact to the eyes of spectators
Tigers in Lipstick
1979-03-16
8 comic sketches set in Italy, with 4 of the most famous European sex symbols of the 70's playing 2
The Dolls
1965-01-27
This semi-amusing sex (romance) comedy has four separate stories: "The Telephone Call", written by R
Blonde in Black Leather
1975-09-17
Two racy women decide to chuck their mundane lives and go on a wild adventure.
La fuggiDiva
1983-05-12
Mockumentary about the life and career of the actress Monica Vitti.
Stardust
1973-11-15
The lives of two local professional dancers change suddenly as American soldiers stop in their town
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
1963-11-20
An old castle in Sweden, inhabited by a family of 18th century dressing eccentrics, holds secrets, d
The Girl with a Pistol
1968-09-20
A Sicilian woman is dishonored by her lover, then goes to London with a pistol intending to murder h
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970-01-18
Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love tr
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017-02-10
I Know That You Know That I Know
1982-08-29
The investigations of a private eye shake up the almost broken marriage of a middle aged couple.
Midnight Pleasures
1975-02-19
Tina is on trial for the murder of her lover, Gino. The violent nature of their relationship, reveal
The Pacifist
1970-12-30
A journalist preparing a story on extremist youth falls in love with a young radical who fears being
The Couples
1970-12-23
Three episodes. Episode 1 - The Refrigerator (Monicelli). A married couple of two poor emigrant work
The Mystery of Oberwald
1981-09-03
A man, mirroring the assassinated King, infiltrates a castle to kill the Queen but hesitates, leadin
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979-04-27
An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian producer a
The Tango of Jealousy
1981-04-27
Since her husband is distracted by his passion for horse racing, Lucia decides to make him jealous b
Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!
1954-01-01
A series of comical sketches featuring a doctor, a travelling salesman and some posh gents.
The Four Truths
1962-12-21
"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all
My Loves
1978-12-21
Annalisa is married to Marco, a journalist too busy with her career, who neglects her even though sh
The Superwitness
1971-03-16
A pimp is suspected of murdering his lover. He is convicted based on the testimony of a single witne
The Third
1958-08-22
A clothing merchant Ofelia, a naïve housewife Rina, and the outspoken nurse Edna meet at a police st
Hotel Room
1981-02-12
A couple of young movie makers have secretly filmed for over a year what was going on in a hotel roo
Keep It To Yourself!
1976-11-24
Three episodes of casual erotic character: a porn scriptwriter and his secretary, a man locked up am
Teresa the Thief
1973-10-11
Teresa gets her first taste of crime -- and its consequences -- when, during World War II, she is na
Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move
1970-12-20
Comedy set at the time of King Umberto I of Monza (Italy) about Maria Sarti, aka Ninì Tirabusciò, ac
The Queens
1966-04-21
Four comedic shorts explore quirky relationships and misadventures: a teenage girl's journey home, a
Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi
1978-12-23
For having suffered the violence of seven Himalayan Sherpas, the Countess Valentina Contarini has fa
A Thousand and One Monica
2006-08-16
There is no shortage of words to define the actress, screenwriter and director Monica Vitti: Intense
The Scarlet Lady
1969-05-14
Comedy about a self-made woman in Paris contemplating the idea of suicide at first, then murder.
La Tosca
1973-03-23
Rome, 1800. Napoleon threatens the power of the Church and executions of Jacobins are constant. Ange
I Married You for Fun
1967-08-30
Pietro is a young bourgeois lawyer who married Giuliana, a pretty girl who was a little unscrewed, a
Flirt
1983-09-20
After a 22 years marriage, a couple shows the signs of a crisis. She thinks he has a lover, and it a
I Don't Understand You Anymore
1980-10-03
On entering her bathroom, Luisa finds a naked man showering. She calls the police at once and the ma
Orders are Orders
1972-04-13
Giorgia, an unhappy housewife tired of marriage with her husband Amedeo, starts to hear a voice that
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955-08-11
State Reasons
1978-04-26
Professor Marrot obtains the secret documents containing evidence of the illegal weapon transactions
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
1967-12-01
A chastity belt provides an endless amount of grief for a woman whose jealous husband has gone off t
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984-09-08
A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian C
We Are Cinema
2021-12-16
An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.
L'altra metà del cielo
1977-03-04
Don Vincenzo, a priest sent to a mining village in Australia, seeks to redeem the Sicilian Susanna.
Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima
2007-09-04
In the film we find some scrap of slow motion they see a Monica Vitti trying to cry, a meeting betwe
Unfaithfully Yours
1982-05-04
An omnibus of two different stories: In the first a divorced couple (actress wife and director husba
Secret Scandal
1990-04-02
Marguerite receives as a gift from a filmmaker friend: a very modern, automatic camera, complete wit
Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold
1967-09-07
Giovanna and Franco are lovers pretending to be brother and sister in order to con unsuspecting mark
A Mink Coat
1956-08-21
A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983-10-28
Twenty-three years after L'Avventura (1960), Michelangelo Antonioni returns to Lisca Bianca Island.
The Flying Saucer
1964-12-23
An exasperated police inspector receives different eyewitness accounts surrounding a downed saucer a
That's How We Women Are
1971-09-28
The film consists of twelve episodes, all with Monica Vitti as the protagonist.
Bellissime
2004-01-08
Documentary consisting of archival footage that depicts the evolving conditions of Italian women dur
Dear Antonioni
1995-01-01
A documentary portrait of Michangelo Antonioni based on Roland Barthes' essay.
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985-01-01
A documentary about the Italian cinema as art form and industry.
Francesca is Mine
1986-10-03
A middle-aged antiquarian's husband leaves her to go live with her best friend.
High Infidelity
1964-01-22
Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemm
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965-09-12
A behind-the-scenes documentary about director Michelangelo Antonioni as he's shooting his segment o
Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden
1976-09-10
Mimi Bluette, daughter of a prostitute, lives in Paris where she is idolized by men of all kinds and
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018-04-02
An account of the life of actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), a true icon of the New Wave and one of
Sweet and Sour
1963-09-04
Gerard, a young man from a "good family" dreams of becoming an actor. To do this, he follows everywh
Follie d'estate
1963-11-27
Exterior Day
2022-01-01
Inspired by a famous exchange of letters between Michelangelo Antonioni and Mark Rothko, Esterno gio
Couples mythiques du cinéma: Monica Vitti et Michelangelo Antonioni
2018-01-01
Before they met, they had not found success in the film industry. Michelangelo Antonioni did not dir
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001-01-01
A look back at the life and works of Michelangelo Antonioni.
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009-09-07
Biggest Hollywood stars in Italy from 1950 to 1970 through Cinecittà Luce's archives.
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022-09-05
Charismatic and resourceful, seducer and daredevil, Jean-Paul Belmondo has always played his roles a
Heart of the Festival
2002-04-16
A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history.