Red Desert

Sep 4, 1964

1h 57m

★ 7.4

This is the story of a woman… Her hidden thirsts and hungers…

Overview

In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Federiz

Francoriz Production

Film Duemila

Red Desert Trailers

Cast

Giuliana

Monica Vitti

Corrado Zeller

Richard Harris

Ugo

Carlo Chionetti

Linda

Xenia Valderi

Emilia

Rita Renoir

Telescope Operator's Wife

Lili Rheims

Max

Aldo Grotti

Valerio

Valerio Bartoleschi

Girl in Fable

Emanuela Pala Carboni

Radio Telescope Operator

Giuliano Missirini

Bruno Borghi

Beppe Conti

Ren Koishi, a housewife, suspects her husband, Teruo Koishi, of having an affair. One day, Ren follows Teruo when he goes out for work on his day off, determined to get to the scene of the affair. However, Teruo's destination was neither a company nor a hotel, but a hospital. Ren, who is suspicious, receives an explanation from his doctor that Teruo is infected with the 'adultery virus'. In Japan, there is an ancient term 'cheating bug', but the latest research has revealed that adultery and cheating were symptoms of a disease caused by infection with the adultery virus. Ren is unconvinced that his infidelity is caused by the disease and is doubtful whether her husband really loves her. Meanwhile, Teruo, who is trying to prove his love for his wife left and right, infects others one after another with the adultery virus. ..

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