La Notte

Having Made in 1961 one of Antonioni's trilogy, La Notte, has pointed a more common sensation of couples, a marriage. Giovanni Pontano starred by Marcello Mastroianni and Lidia () are in cutting edge of their marrage thinking that they haven't so much in common to go on their marriage. In shadow of their dying friend's last moments, Lidia's real lover as it's found out at the end of film, in a hospital, Lidia realizes that she doesn't love Giovanni any more since she has found his selfishness. The dying friend, Tommaso Garani (Bernhard Wicki - a German film director), had found her an intelligent woman (Her husband has looked down on her intelligent and talked about himself all the time) and persuaded her to read more regardless of her reading boredom. In the hospital she finds him a devotee lover, so she can't stand beside his bed just to be a viewer of his dying and leave there. Just a moment after saying goodbye to Wicki, Giovanni met a delusional but beautiful nymphomaniac patient, who tried to seduce him and her attempts ended up in a brief love affair of those in her room. Driving to Giovanni's book premiere party, he confess his love encounter to make his wife jealous but she looks more reluctant to show her jealousy. During the party Giovanni was adored by people and Lidia leaves the party to hang around the city. Another party is held in a wealthy business man's house that night ( La Notte) during that Giovanni finds Host's girl more beautiful and intelligent. Their love affair can't escape Lidia's eyes and enforced her to fall in love with a importunate young man but refuse at the last moment to kiss him. She come back to party and finds his husband with his lover (Vitti) but again doesn't show any jealousy. On The way to home when the night is over they uncover their old feeling about themselves.