Red Desert

After a breakdown, Giuliana moves anxiously through the factories, polluted waterways, and worker settlements surrounding husband Ugo's Ravenna plant. Ugo's colleague Corrado Zeller becomes a possible confidant as industrial noise and color intensify her alienation.

Yellow smoke, gray mud, red machinery, fog, ship horns, painted trees, empty rooms, and electronic tones detach perception from natural comfort. Monica Vitti's hesitant movement makes every environment socially difficult.