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| Directed by | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Written by | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Starring | Annie O'Hara |
| Cinematography | Renato Del Frate |
| Music by | Giovanni Fusco |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Lies of Love (Italian : L'amorosa menzogna) is a 1949 Italian short documentary film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni about a group of people who pose for photo comics. [1]
Lies of Love was screened at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. [2]
Antonioni used the research for his documentary for a story idea which was later adapted for Federico Fellini's film The White Sheik . [1] [3] According to Fellini, Antonioni, although he received screen credit, was not involved in the writing of the screenplay. [3]
Lies of Love has been screened as part of retrospectives on Antonioni at various festivals and institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, [4] the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, [5] and the Cinémathèque Française. [6]