Story of a Love Affair (1950) is an Italian drama directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Lucia Bosè and Massimo Girotti. The film follows a former love affair that resurfaces years later, exposing unresolved feelings, guilt, and emotional distance. Set among Italys upper middle class, the story focuses on relationships, identity, and moral emptiness rather than plot-driven twists. This early Antonioni film introduces themes that would define his later work.

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Antonioni is one of the most influential filmmakers of all times, indeed critics revere him as the creator of Modern Cinema. His STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR, aka Cronaca di un Amore, is his first feature film, a Noir thriller with sensual themes of yearning and jealousy. It is considered a masterpiece by Scorsese among others.

Paola (Lucia Bosè) is a strikingly beautiful young woman married to a rich older industrialist who decides to have her past investigated. The detectives enquiry reaches Paolas former lover, Guido, prompting him to seek her after seven years, and they reignite their passion. Antonioni, who defined cool modernism on screen, chronicles the love affair, observing without judgement. His ground-breaking techniques such as the long one-take sequence, later adopted by cinema greats and scintillating B&W photography are presented here in HD for the 1st time, from a painstaking 2K restoration, finally doing justice to the directors masterpiece.

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Paola is a young, beautiful woman married to a wealthy entrepreneur. She meets her former lover Guido after seven years, but their relationship is marked by tragic events.

Extensive bonus materials:

Premiere cinema screening presentation of the Restored Film, with Director Antonioni, Star, Lucia Bosè attending + filmworld VIPs, Giuseppe Tornatore, Dario Argento et..

Interview with the principal Ita