Avventura, L' (The Adventure)

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. Anna is barely able to control her temper, but realizing that the discussion is about to take the usual sarcastic turn, she immediately checks herself. ANNA No, not yet, Dad. Her father fixes her with a long ironic look. Conscious of his daughter's haste, he is apparently trying his best to detain her. FATHER Isn't it fashionable any more to put on a sailor's cap with the name of the yacht? ANNA No, Dad, it isn't. There is another moment of silence. Meanwhile, a car has pulled up on the other side of the road.