L'avventura (The Adventure)

script by

Michelangelo Antonioni

Elio Bartolini

Tonino Guerra
translated by

Louis Brigante
It is the afternoon of a summer's day. Anna, a twenty-five-year-old brunette,

comes out from the entrance of a stately building and walks along a pathway

that leads up to a dirt road. She is in a great hurry and becomes a little

annoyed and surprised at seeing her father, a meticulously dressed and

elderly gentleman, standing near the curb busily talking to his chauffeur in

front of a black British car.



				ANNA

		So, there you are... I've been upstairs looking

all over for you...



There is a moment of silence during which Anna's father deliberately ignores

her presence. She stares at him intently, trying to determine his mood and

wondering how she is going to tell him what she has to say before she leaves.

Finally, he turns around and faces her.



				FATHER

		Oh, I thought you were already on the high

seas.




More...