Beyond The Clouds Italy / France / Germany
1995, 112min.
Prod.: Philippe Carcassonne, Stéphane Tchalgadjieff, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Ulrich Felsberg, Script: Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Wim Wenders, Dir.: Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders, Dir. of Phot.: Alfio Contini, Robby Müller, Music by: U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton), Van Morrison, Laurent Petitgand, Prod. Design: Thierry Flamand, Sound: Jean-Pierre Ruh, Edit.: Michelangelo Antonioni, Peter Przygodda, Lucian Segura.
Cast: John Malkovich, Kim Rossi Stuart, Inés Sastre, Sophie Marceau, Fanny Ardant, Peter Weller, Jean Reno, Chiara Caselli, Irène Jacob, Vincent Perez, Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Enrica Antonioni.
Made of four short tales, linked by a story filmed by Wim Wenders. Taking place in Ferrara, Portofino, Aix en Provence and Paris, each story, which always has a woman as the crux of the story, invites to an inner travel, as Antonioni says "towards the true image of that absolute and mysterious reality that nobody will ever see."
Awards
FIPRESCI Prize (Venice Film Festival, 1995), David di Donatello Award (1996).
Production Companies
Canal+
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
Ciné B
Degeto Film
Eurimages
France 3 Cinéma
Road Movies Zweite Produktionen
Sunshine
| Antonioni, Michelangelo  Nationality: Italian. Born: Ferrara, Italy, 29 September 1912. Education: Studied at University of Bologna, 1931–35, and at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografica, Rome, 1940–41. Career: Journalist and bank teller, 1935–39; moved to Rome, 1939; film critic for Cinema (Rome) and others, 1940–49; assistant director on I due Foscari (Fulchignoni), 1942; wrote screenplays for Rossellini, Fellini, and others, 1942–52; directed first film, Gente del Po, 1943 (released 1947). Awards: Special Jury Prize, Cannes Festival, for L'avventura, 1960, and L'eclisse, 1962; FIPRESCI Award from Venice Festival, for Il deserto Rosso, 1964; Best Director Award, National Society of Film Critics, for Blow-Up, 1966; Palme d'Or, Cannes Festival, for Blow-Up, 1967; Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Film, 1995. Died in Rome, Italy, 30 July, 2007.
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