Cast: Steve Cochran. Alida Valli
102' - B&W - 35mm - 1957 - S/T
One of Antonioni's most accessible and traditionally Italian films, Il Grido portrays a mechanic who, stunned by his lover's refusal of marriage, takes to wandering the Po Valley on foot. Rather than just create a travelogue, Antonioni explores the industrialisation of rural Italy, and draws his own parallels between the decaying landscape and his helplessly inarticulate protagonist.