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Last Tango in Paris

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Original title

Ultimo tango a Parigi

Year

1972

Running time

125 min.

Country

France

Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

Screenwriter

Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Arcalli

Cast

Music

Gato Barbieri

Cinematography

Vittorio Storaro

Producer

Co-production France-Italy;

Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), Les Productions Artistes Associes. Distributor: United Artists

Genre

Drama. Romance | Erotic. Cult Movie

Synopsis

Marlon Brando plays Paul, an American expatriate whose wife has recently committed suicide. Maria Schneider is Jeanne, a young Frenchwoman engaged to be married to an earnest young filmmaker. When they meet by chance in an empty Paris apartment, Paul and Jeanne embark on an intense sexual relationship that obliterates the outside world each is hiding from. Bertolucci and Brando created controversy with their poignant vision of desire inflamed by grief.

Awards: 1973: Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Director & Best Actor (Marlon Brando)

1973: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama and Director

1973: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Marlon Brando)

1973: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Marlon Brando)

1973: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

1973: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): Best Actor. 3 nominations

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Critics' reviews

"It's a movie that exists so resolutely on the level of emotion, indeed, that possibly only Marlon Brando, of all living actors, could have played its lead (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Brando gives his all but just ends up becoming himself. Interesting for it's historical notoriety, but overlong and dull in place (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Kim Newman: Empire
"Nobody makes sex films like this any more (...) in its raw, artless, innocently self-important way it packs a punch (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"A beautiful, courageous, foolish, romantic and reckless film (...)

The New York Times
"An uneven, convoluted, certainly dispute-provoking study of sexual passion in which Marlon Brando gives a truly remarkable performance."

Variety Staff: Variety
"A bold and imaginative work"

Pauline Kael: The New Yorker

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