History Film / LAvventura

** Also Basiluzzo which is mentioned when a boat passes near it is uninhabited.

* DeadpanSnarker: Almost every secondary character in the movie, Claudio is not, curiously Sandro is also not the best example of that. Sandro might be evil at times but he doesn't often make snarky remarks. Patrizia and Raimondo as well as Corrado are frequently this. Also a drugstore assistant and his wife.

* WhenIWasYourAge: Sandro mentions this to a student whose architectural drawing he has just deliberately destroyed spillin an inkpot all over it. When the student comes up to him Sandro asks his age and when a student replies "23" says that at that age he fought so many time the student would not even think about it. The scene ends peacefully.

* DarkAndTroubledPast& Claudia confesses that in her childhood she did not have enough money.

** Patrizia in her turn shows that when Raimondo touches her breast. She only asks coldly whether he is disappointed with what he felt.

* EasilyForgiven: Played with. While Claudia makes the fogiving gesture in the very ending [[spoiler: very soon after she sees him making out with Gloria Perkins]], it is implied that Sandro is visibly shocked after she discovers his infidelity. A debatable case as in description it appears that Sandro is easily forgiven but it does not read like that in the movie.

* BelligerentSexualTension: In the scene where Claudia walks on the street of the Sicilian town alone the males gather in numbers and silently watch her. They don't make any advances then Sandro joins her.

* OfficialCouple: Claudia and Sandro become this much too soon. Invoked by Patrizia after Claudia arrives at the pary.

* PassiveAggressiveKombat: What goes on between Patrizia and Raimundo who are together on trip but are not lovers.

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Giulia says exactly that to Claudia when Giulia is going to the room of the young artist passionately in love with her. Claudia only reluctantly agrees. [[spoiler: Soon after they arrive to the room Giulia says {{LeaveMeAlone}} as the passion of the artist ignites her too.]]

* PricelessMingVase: The ancient vase is found on the island during the searches for Patricia. Party members pass it from one another until Raimondo drops it with predictable consequences.

** Subverted with Patrizia who travels with Raimondo but in fact remains faithful to her husband Ettore, the chief of Sandro. More out of lack of desire than because of fidelity as she does not sleep in one bed with her husband.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: [[spoiler: After Anna vanishes the mood of this film irreversably shifts. Zigzagged because arguably some of her friends remained indifferent to her disappearance and for them everything remains the same.]]

L'avventura is the first installment in Antonioni's trilogy of alienation that includes ''[[Film/{{Lanotte}} La notte]]'' (The Night, 1961), ''[[Film/{{Leclisse}} L'eclisse]]'' and (''The Eclipse'', 1962), all made in B&W. Sometimes ''Film/IlDesertoRosso'' (The Red Desert, 1964) is included in this inofficial series making it a teralogy. Still the latter is in color and does not have a OneWordTitle. These films are made in a similar manner characteristic for the "slow cinema". They research the condition of the contemporary middle-class educated Europeans though L'avventura in particular rather concentrates on the upper-middle classes. Also Creator/MonicaVitti stars in all of them, playing main characters in three films and a {{tritagonist}} in La notte.

* LiteralistSnarking: When Anna says that she does not feel Sandro any more he asks whetheк she did not feel him the previous day at his home. Anna is indignant.

* TheJerk: Sandro is the one of epic proportions. Once he destroys a technicaly drawing of an architecture stuident.

* {{Determinator}} Sandro in his relation to Vittoria until he conquers her. Much less afterwards. He also averted the trope in his relation to Anna which lasts already since long at the beginning of the film.

* EasilyForgiven: Played with. While Claudia makes the fogiving gesture in the very ending [[spiler: very soon after she sees him making out with Gloria Perkins]], it is implied that Sandro is visibly shocked after she discovers his infidelity. A debatable case as in description it appears that Sandro is easily forgiven but it does not read like that in the movie.

* DecoyProtagonist: Anna who then gives way to Claudia. Played with. [[spoiler: In the runtime preceeding Anna's disappearance both Anna and Victoria receive a fair share of the screen time. Anna still is the main character of that part and the interest in her drama is reinforced in her final scene with Sandro before she goes missing.}]

* SceneryPorn: Many landsscapes, both natural and urban.

* UsefulNotes/{{Sicily}}: With all its implication. Ordinary people here are very socially conservative. They are hypnotised by a woman in modern clothes but definitely don't need tourists in bikini.

* VisibleBoomMic: A reflection of the crew member can be seen in the end of the first scene on the back surface of the car which drives away Anna and Claudia.

* WhenIWasYourAge: Sandro mentions this to a student whose architectural drawing he has just deliberately destroyed. When the student comes up to him Sandro asks his age and when a student replies "23" says that at that age he fought so many time the student would not even think about it. The scene ends peacefully.

** Giulia cheats her snarky wealthy husband Corrado with a young painter Goffredo. Lampshaded as she remarks that her little heart beats like crazy [[spoiler: as she is about to cheat on Corrado with the painter Goffredo]].
** Subverted with Patrizia who travels with Raimondo but in fact remains faithful to her husband Ettore, the chief of Sandro. More out of lack of desire than because of fidelity as she does not sleep in one bad with her husband.

* RedHerring: The police interrogation of the smugglers which does not lead anywhere. [[spoiler: They quite probably indeed smuggle the goods inyo Italy on their boats but have nothing to do with Anna's disappearance.]]

** Also subverted by Giulia responding to the constant attempts of her husband to put her down [[spoiiler: with adultery.]]

AboutElly by Creator/AsgharFarhadi was clearly influenced by this film while not qualifying for a remake.

* * UnresolvedSexualTension: It emerges between Claudia and Sandro after Anna disappears while they search for her or simply aimlessly roam the island. [[spoiler: It is resolved VERY soon by their kiss.]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: It emerges between Claudia and Sandro after Anna disappears while they search for her or simply aimlessly roam the island. [[spoiler: It is resolved VERY soon by their kiss.]]

Two friends, Anna and Claudia, meet with Anna's boyfriend Sandro and go with other friends on a trip to a rocky island. While they were there, Anna disappears without a trace. The others start looking for her, but with exception of Claudia and Sandro, they show no particular interest in the result of the searches…