Movies by Bernardo Bertolucci
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...But Film Is My Mistress (2010)
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen …
Directed by: Stig Björkman
Eight films by Ingmar Bergman are examined in this documentary that compares finished scenes with rare, behind-the-scenes footage of the legendary director at work, with commentary by…
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Great Directors (2009)
Cast: Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, Liliana Cavani …
Directed by: Angela Ismailos
New York-based businesswoman and filmmaker Angela Ismailos offers this collection of in-depth interviews with David Lynch, John Sayles, Catherine Breillat, Bernardo Bertolucci and six other…
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What Do You Know About Me? (2009)
Cast: Felice Farina, Bernardo Bertolucci, Daniele Cini …
Directed by: Valerio Jalongo
A fascinating look at how and why the Italian film industry endured such a sharp decline after decades of success, this documentary explores possible causes like the rise of multiplexes,…
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Words of My Perfect Teacher (2003)
Cast: Khyentse Norbu, Bernardo Bertolucci, Steven Seagal …
Directed by: Lesley Ann Patten
Three students seek the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhist master, soccer aficionado and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu in this captivating documentary, which takes viewers on a journey from the World Cup…
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Golem: The Spirit of Exile (1991)
Cast: Ophrah Shemesh, Hanna Schygulla, Samuel Fuller …
Directed by: Amos Gitai
This Amos Gitai film -- the third in a series of three about the Golem, a mythical stone creature that comes alive through the help of a rabbi -- stars Hannah Shygulla and Marisa Paredes and…
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The Dreamers (2003)
Cast: Michael Pitt, Louis Garrel, Eva Green …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
In acclaimed director Bernardo Bertolucci's erotically graphic drama, Matthew (Michael Pitt) is an American college student studying abroad in politically turbulent 1960s Paris, where he…
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Besieged (1998)
Cast: Thandie Newton, David Thewlis, Claudio Santamaria …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
While working as a maid in the home of an English composer (David Thewlis) living in Italy, a beautiful young African medical student (Thandie Newton) finds herself besieged by her…
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Stealing Beauty (1996)
Cast: Liv Tyler, Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
After four years, American teenager Lucy Harmon (Liv Tyler) returns to the artist's colony in Tuscany where her recently deceased mother was once the resident poet. Lucy has arrived to…
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Little Buddha (1993)
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda, Ying Ruocheng …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Keanu Reeves and Bridget Fonda star in this moving drama from Academy Award-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci. In a big American city, a boy and his family discover the story of a prince…
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The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Cast: Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Debra Winger and John Malkovich are Kit and Port Moresby, two American artists traveling through postwar Africa in this adaptation of Paul Bowles's novel. Having drifted apart, the…
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The Last Emperor (1987)
Cast: John Lone, Peter O'Toole, Victor Wong …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Recounting the last years of China's Ching Dynasty through flashbacks and flash-forwards, this Oscar-winning epic charts the life of Pu Yi (John Lone) -- who ascended the throne at age 3…
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Luna (1979)
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Renato Salvatori …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
After her husband commits suicide and with her career faltering, famous opera singer Caterina (Jill Clayburgh) moves to Italy with her teen son Joe (Matthew Barry), whose difficulty adapting…
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1900 (1977)
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Laura Betti, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci's epic tale follows the lives of two Italian men -- a peasant (Gerard Depardieu) and a landowner (Robert De Niro) -- both born on Jan. 1, 1900. Friends as children,…
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Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
In this art-house classic, Hollywood heavyweight Marlon Brando delivers a tour de force performance as an American expatriate living in Paris who's still spinning from his estranged…
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The Conformist (1970)
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
In this thought-provoking drama set in 1930s fascist Italy, the government orders Marcello to kill a political refugee who happens to be his college mentor. Marcello obeys and is hence "the…
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Love and Anger (1969)
Cast: Tom Baker, Julian Beck, Carlo Lizzani …
Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jean-Luc Godard …
Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bellocchio, Carlo Lizzani, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Jean-Luc Godard pool their talents for these vignettes, set against the social and political backdrop of the…
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Partner (1968)
Cast: Pierre Clémenti, Tina Aumont, Stefania Sandrelli …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci's absurdist film based on a story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky stars Pierre Clementi as Giaccobe, a drama teacher who spirals into madness when he creates another identity…
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La Commare Secca (1962)
Cast: Giancarlo de Rosa, Carlotta Barilli, Francesco Ruiu …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Centering on the homicide investigation of a Roman prostitute in a riverside park, director Bernardo Bertolucci's debut film follows police as they interrogate those in the park at the…