actress Monica Vitti, “queen of Italian cinema” has died

A young Roman actress barely out of drama school, she is dubbing when she meets Antonioni. As early as 1959, with the film “Adventure“, she will become both his muse and his creature. The actress will be magnified by the gaze and the lights of her companion and director Michelangelo Antonioni.

To broaden her palette, to be more herself, the actress launched herself into Italian comedy, where she triumphed in the 1960s. Her success became international with the film “Modesty Blaise“. Monica Vitti will have played with the greatest.”I love to play, it’s my life. I would like to play until I am 90“, said the actress in an interview. However, her appetite for comedy only kept her on the screens until 1991, at the age of 60.