“Homage to Antonioni”

Kill, kill, kill — literally. Filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni’s I Vinti (“The Defeated”) is a trio of murder stories. The first episode, set in Italy, chronicles a university student who gets into trouble after smuggling cigarettes. The second, shot in France, follows a group of high school students who kill a friend for money. The third, set in England, is the macabre tale of a poet who finds a dead girl and uses her to gain fame. Although the recently deceased Italian director is renowned for his aesthetic contribution to film, I Vinti is one of his lesser known works. The film is playing as part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s “Homage to Antonioni,” a retrospective of both the director’s popular and more obscure films.

Other Antonioni films screening today include L’Avventura (“The Adventure”), and The Lady without Camellias. Made in 1960, L’Avventura stars Gabriele Ferzetti as a man whose lover has gone missing from their yacht. He goes searching for her accompanied by their friend (Monica Vitti), and the two find themselves falling in love. The Lady Without Camellias features Lucia Bosé as a young Italian woman who wins a beauty contest and then goes on to become a star.
Mon., Sept. 3, 1 p.m.