what do you think happened to them?
after the last scene?
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He takes the job, has an affair with the pretty young daughter, Monica Vitti, as the wife looks on with disdain and indifference, but really she is jealous and loves him, and that is the way that she deals with his infidelity...
shareThe ending makes us assume they will stay together and live happily ever after. But my real hope is that they divorce, and he goes off with Monica Vitti, and she finds someone new too. They obviously hit an impenetrable rock in the road. And how do you turn down Monica Vitti? It's absurd.
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Good answer l899! Not that you answered the question but it's a question with no definite answer.
I too liked the film with it's great ending like you said. I also liked the bits of existentialism bandied around the party and in the scene with the tape recorder. Not to mention the artistic use of line and reflection. Bella!
For the record, I gave this 8/10.
In terms of the choice Marcello's character had, I am amused by the entry above how could he turn down Monica Vitti? Heh. While I consider Jeanne Moreau not only one of the great actresses in the history of film but also at this period a very attractive one, I would also have to say Monica Vitti was more attractive. And was available to him, in effect. But is that really enough to determine what he would do?
The "road block" referred to might, in addition to Monica's character's attractiveness, be enough to say yes, go with Monica. But... I have a concern on that score, that frankly might require at least one additional viewing of the film. Is that "road block" particular to Lidia, or even to the marriage of Lidia and Giovanni? Or is it really something more that is reflective of their existential condition on the ontological level? Certainly La Notte posits that it might be the latter, and if so, what is achieved by tossing aside one relationship for another?
To be clear, I hope I am not coming across as saying that there may not be between Giovanni and Lidia some conflict or even anomie that is perceived by them as particular to their marriage or the other. Such a perception of course could become the basis for rejecting the prospect of continuing a relationship with that person. But if that perception is merely masking a realization that such particular aspect is merely the attribute or expression of an underlying problem that is ontological in its nature, then such a perception can mislead, and hide the true nature of the conflict.
The reality is no one as a actual or potential partner in a relationship will be perfect, without flaws or problems.
That does not mean of course one set of "problems" (meaning difficult manifestations of someone else's personality and behavior) cannot be worse than another's. Or even can become tiresome when compared to someone else who has not been given the opportunity yet to become tiresome! But of course rarely do people leave a relationship to start another with the realization or even expectation that eventually the new partner will become tiresome as well.
In short, if the disaffection one experiences in a relationship is at bottom really a reflection of the fact that we live in a less than perfect world, then little will be achieved by ending it.