Il Grido (1957)

7.6Not Rated116 minDirector: Michelangelo Antonioni

1957 film by Michelangelo Antonioni

Il grido (English: "The Cry", initially released as The Outcry in the US) is a 1957 road drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Dorian Gray, Gabriella Pallotta and Betsy Blair.

An Italian and American co-production, the film premiered at the 1957 Locarno Film Festival, where it won the Golden Leopard. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

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Il Grido (1957) — After living seven years with the mechanic Aldo and having a daughter with him, simple Irma is informed that her absent husband has just died in Sydney. She becomes upset when Aldo proposes to marry her and informs him she's leaving him. Unable to explain how much he loves her, A
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