The Montreal Film Collection

: The high priestess of frosty sensuality, Italian actress Monica Vitti was trained at Rome's National Academy of Dramatic Arts....

1954.......... Upon her graduation, she immediately launched her professional stage career; in 1954, she made her first film, Ettore Scola's Ridere Ridere Ridere.
1960..........L'avventura ...........her portrayal of the remote, "uninvolved" leading lady in Michelangelo Antonioni's prize-winning L'Avventura
1961..........Accattone
1961..........La Notte ...............She was featured in Antonioni's...L'Eclise, La Notte, and Red Desert.
1962..........L'Eclisse ...She was featured in Antonioni's...L'Eclise, La Notte, and Red Desert.
1962..........Les Quatre Verités
1963..........Dragées Au Poivre
1964..........Il Deserto Rosso ........................She was featured in Antonioni's...L'Eclise, La Notte, and Red Desert....
1964..........Il Disco Volante
1964..........Un Château en Suède
1965..........Alta Infedeltà
1965..........The Dolls
1966..........Le Fate
1966..........Modesty Blaise .................Her bid for Hollywood stardom was directed by Joseph Losey
1967..........Ti Ho Sposato Per Allegria
1968..........La Cintura di Castita
1968..........La Ragazza con la Pistola
1969..........Amore Mio Aiutami
1969..........The Scarlet Woman.................This situation comedy finds Lucie (Monica Vitti) wanting to kill herself after a fight with her boyfriend (Robert Hossein).
1970..........Dramma della Gelosia
1970..........Le Coppie
1970..........Per Motivi Di Gelosia
1971..........La Pacifista
1971..........Nini Tirabuscio
1972..........Teresa la Ladra
1973..........Star Dust
1974..........Le Fantôme de la Liberté ...............her appearance in Luis Buñuel's highly acclaimed Le Fantôme de la Liberté
1975..........Duck in Orange Sauce [
1976]
1975..........Midnight Pleasures
1977..........Blonde in Black Leather ..............Fun with Monica Vitti....................Sometimes it's not possible to defend or rationalize our fondness for mindless friends. It's the same with movies. This one has two beauties, Claudia Cardinele and Monica Vitti, and they ride around on a motorcycle.
1977..........L'Altra Meta Del Cielo
1978..........La Raison d'Etat
1979..........An Almost Perfect Affair
1979..........Tigers in Lipstick (U.S. title)...................Comedie erotique....The actresses are all beautiful and funny. Watch out for a young Roberto Benigni with his typical haircut.
197?..........The Girls of Don Juan
1980..........Il Mistero di Oberwald
1980..........The Immortal Bachelor
1981..........Il Tango Della Gelosia ....aka Jealousy Tango
1982..........I Know That You Know That I Know
1983..........Flirt
1986..........Francesca E Mia
1987..........Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema