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Synopsis: While looking for an apartment, Jeanne, a beautiful young Parisienne, encounters Paul, a mysterious American expatriate mourning his wife's recent suicide. Instantly drawn to each other, they have a stormy, passionate affair, in which they do not reveal their names to each other. Their relationship deeply affects their lives, as Paul struggles with his wife's death and Jeanne prepares to marry her fiance, Tom, a film director making a cinema-verite documentary about her.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Bernardo Bertolucci
Production: United Artists
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
NC-17
Year:
1972
129 min
Website
1,250 Views


Faithful, economic and racist.

At Papas death, we moved

to the old country house.

My childhood was

made up of smells.

The mold on the walls,

the closed rooms.

Many children came to play.

We ran from morning to night.

Growing old is a crime.

Thats me.

And thats Mademoiselle Sauvage,

the teacher.

Severe and religious.

She was too good

and spoiled you.

This is Christine.

The best friend.

Shes married

and has two children.

Its like a village here.

Everyone knows everyone.

I couldnt live in Paris.

Its more humane here.

Its melancholy

remembering the past.

Why melancholy?

Its marvelous.

Its your childhood.

It`ss everything I want.

And what are you doing there?

Who are all these zombies

around us?

The door!

Im opening the door.

Im opening the doors!

- What are you doing?

- Setting up the shot.

There. I found it.

Reverse gear.

And what are you doing here?

Beat it! Scram!

Yes. Reverse gear!

Understand? Like a car.

Put it in reverse.

Close your eyes.

Back up. Close your eyes.

Come forward, backing up.

Keep going

and find your childhood again.

Its Papa.

There. You take off

and find your childhood again.

In full dress uniform.

Dont be afraid.

Overcome the obstacles.

Papa in Algiers.

You are fifteen. Fourteen.

Thirteen. Twelve.

Eleven. Ten. Nine.

My favorite street

at eight years old.

My notebook.

My French homework.

Theme:
"The Countryside. "

Exposition:
"The country

is the home of the cows.

The cow is

all dressed in leather.

The cow has four sides:

front, back...

top and bottom. `

- Isnt that good?

- Really charming.

Source of my culture

was Larousse and I copied it.

"Menstruation. Feminine noun.

Physiological function

consisting in flow.

Penis. Masculine noun.

Organ of copulation, measuring

between five and 40 centimeters. `

This is a little Robert!

Look.

- Who is it?

- My first love.

- Who?

- Its my cousin Paul. The first love.

- But his eyes are closed.

- What?

His eyes are closed!

He played piano very well.

Thats how I remember him-

sitting at the piano.

His fingers flew over the keys.

He practiced hour after hour.

At the bottom of the garden

there were two trees.

A plantain and a chestnut.

Sunday after mass...

everyone sat under his own tree.

It was marvelous.

We looked into each others eyes.

And for me these trees

were the jungle.

- What are you doing?

- Were shitting.

Why? Cant you see?

- In my jungle?

- Lets run!

Shoot! Shoot!

Did you get everything?

- Did you get it?

- Everything.

Olympia was sublime. She gave

a precise idea of her racism.

This really is a jungle.

Tell me about your father.

- Arent we finished?

- Five minutes.

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Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci (Italian: [berˈnardo bertoˈluttʃi]; born 16 March 1941) is an Italian director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director), The Sheltering Sky, Stealing Beauty and The Dreamers. In recognition of his work, he was presented with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or Award at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Since 1979, he has been married to screenwriter Clare Peploe. more…

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