L'Eclisse (The Eclipse) (1962) Rating: Starring: Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Monica Vitti Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Category: Avant Garde, Foreign, Classics, Classics Studio: Criterion Subtitles: English Length: 126 mins Want to buy?           The conclusion of Michelangelo Antonioni's informal trilogy on modern malaise, L'Eclisse (The Eclipse) tells the story of a young woman (Monica Vitti) who leaves one lover (Francisco Rabal) only to drift into a relationship with another (Alain Delon). Using the architecture of Rome as a backdrop for the couple's doomed affair, Antonioni reaches the apotheosis of his modernist style. returning to his favorite themes: alienation and the difficulty of finding connections in an increasingly mechanized world.