SYNOPSIS
A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.
CAST & CREW
Bernardo Bertolucci
Director
Producer(s)
Jeremy Thomas
Script
Gilbert Adair
Director of Photography
Fabio Cianchetti
Production designer
Jean Rabasse
Music by
Janice Ginsberg
Sound
Mark Auguste
Edit
Jacopo Quadri
Cast
Michael Pitt, Eva Green, Louis Garrel.
Production company(ies)
Recorded Picture Company Peninsula Films Fiction
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director whose films were known for their colorful visual style, was born in Parma, Italy. He attended Rome University and became famous as a poet. He served as assistant director for Pier Paolo Pasolini in the film Accattone (1961) and directed La Commare Secca (1962). His second film, Before the Revolution (1964), which was released in 1971, received an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay. Bertolucci also received an Academy Award nomination as Best Director for Last Tango in Paris (1972), and The Last Emperor (1987) walked away with nine Academy Awards.
Filmography
La Commare Secca (1962), Before the Revolution (1964), Il canale (1966, short, doc.), Partner (1968), Love and Anger (segment Agonia, 1969,), The Conformist (1970), The Spider's Stratagem (1970), La salute è malata (1971, short, doc.), Last Tango in Paris (1972), Novecento (1976), Luna (1979), Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981), L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer (1984, doc.), Cartoline dalla Cina (1985, short, doc.), The Last Emperor (1987), 12 registi per 12 città (1989, doc.), The Sheltering Sky (1990), Little Buddha (1993), Stealing Beauty (1996), Besieged (1998), Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (segment Histoire d’eaux, 2002), The Dreamers (2003), Me and You (2012), Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013, doc.).
