La Notte (1961) | Michelangelo Antonioni’s Italian masterwork gets a luminous 4K UHD premiere

From Eureka Entertainment comes Michelangelo Antonioni’s La Notte (1961), presented on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (a worldwide premiere), as part of The Masters of Cinema Series (available from 24 November 2025).

Giovanni (Marcello Mastroianni), a novelist who feels himself ‘written out’, and Lidia (Jeanne Moreau) seem the perfect married couple. But, while visiting their dying friend Tommaso (Bernhard Wicki) in hospital, it finally hits them that there is something very wrong about their relationship. Giovanni, who has lost his desire for his trophy wife, allows himself to be seduced by a young nymphomaniac (Monica Vitti), while Lidia begins to regret not returning Tommaso’s love for her years before…

This sombre, stylistically beautiful film is one of the best works of Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni and a haunting dissection of an upper-middle-class Italian marriage on the rocks. The director has a remarkable eye for capturing the bitterness and boredom that precede such a break-up, while his cast, made up of the crème de la crème of the European acting world of the period, bring an emotional reality to their flawed characters that draws you in.

To top it all, the luminous monochrome photography of metropolitan Milan is by Gianni di Venanzo, who would go on to lens Fellini’s 8 ½ and Giulietta degli spiriti. A favourite among World Cinema aficionados, La Notte was one of Stanley Kubrick’s top 10 favourite films, and was even mentioned in an episode of TV’s Mad Men as one of the few things moody ad man Don Draper actually likes.

The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Michelangelo Antonioni’s haunted odyssey for the first time on 4K UHD. Check out the specs after the trailer.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation from a 4K digital restoration, presented in a new and exclusive Dolby Vision HDR (HDR 10 compatible) grade
• Original uncompressed Italian soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles
• New interview with academic and author Richard Dyer
• New audio commentary by film writer Tony Rayns
• 2020 interview with soundtrack composer Giorgio Gaslini
• Original Italian theatrical trailer
• Limited Edition [2000 copies], O-card slipcase and collector’s booklet featuring an essay by film critic and scholar Brad Stevens and the transcript of a Q&A conducted in 1961 with Antonioni