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Identification of a Woman

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Identification of a Woman (1982)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:6

Rotten:5

Average Rating:5.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: A divorced, middle-aged filmmaker (Milian) searching for a leading lady to star in his next feature comes to realize that he has been subconsciously utilizing this task to instead find a new lover.... A divorced, middle-aged filmmaker (Milian) searching for a leading lady to star in his next feature comes to realize that he has been subconsciously utilizing this task to instead find a new lover. Being a little over ambitious, he manages to become romantically involved with two women. After an initial attempt at juggling the relationships, the filmmaker is left alienated and confused when one of the women mysteriously disappears and the other becomes pregnant with another man's child. An atmospheric, erotic love story from acclaimed Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni (ZABRISKIE POINT, RED DESERT, BLOW-UP) who won the 35th Anniversary Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for this film. [More]

Starring: Tomas Milian, Daniela Silverio, Christine Boisson

Starring: Tomas Milian, Daniela Silverio, Christine Boisson

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Screenwriter: Gerard Brach, Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra
Producer: Giorgio Nocella

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Jun 30, 2008

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Identification of a Woman is not an easy film, but it's a most welcome addition to Antonioni's canon.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/22/01
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A refreshing irony prevents the hardened art house pundit from wallowing in nostalgia and the metaphysics of 'portentous messages'.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Identification of a Woman is an excrutiatingly empty work. It's also beautiful and sad -- virtually a parody of the director's great L'Avventura and some of his other earlier films.

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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
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There's a very good reason this moody, atmospheric effort was never released in the United States until now -- it isn't very good.

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01/01/00
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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...uneasy and difficult to pin down, like the paranoia of a dream.

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12/20/02
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
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Michelangelo Antonioni's 1982 film Identification of a Woman never saw release...and now we know why!

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Christopher Null
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The most openly erotic of Antonioni's features, and visually one of the most beautiful.

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07/31/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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A lugubrious story.

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Dennis Schwartz
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If Antonioni ultimately fails he deserves full marks for setting out on this adventure.

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05/24/03
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This is a respectable return by Antonioni to familiar thematic ground -- the impossibility of maintaining relationships in the contemporary world -- helped by a fine ironic underpinning and smoothly assured visuals.

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08/29/06
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