Michelangelo Antonioni

Italian film icon Monica Vitti dies aged 90

Italian actress Monica Vitti, best known for her starringroles in films by Michelangelo Antonioni, has died aged 90, the culture ministry said on Feb. 2.

"Goodbye Monica Vitti, goodbye queen of Italian cinema. Today is a truly sad day, we have lost a great artist and a great Italian," Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said in a statement.

Blow-Up | Athens | July 24

Sponsored by the Italian Embassy and Italian Cultural Institute, the next screening of the Athens Open Air Film Festival is "Blow-Up," a 1966 thriller by Michaelangelo Antonioni. "Blow-Up" follows Thomas (David Hemmings), a London photographer who discovers a strange figure lurking in the background of one of his photographs.