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Stealing Beauty
- Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
- Writer: Bernardo Bertolucci; Susan Minot
- Producer: Yves Attal; Chris Auty
CGiii Comment
Way back in 1972, Bertolucci made Last Tango - instant acclaim, instant notoriety.
Since then not alot - Last Emperor, is the only film of note.
With an exceptional cast, he fails to deliver what should have been a story about sophisticated depravity, jealousy and inhumanity - what we get is a somewhat twee warbling of the wealthy - with a ridiculously happy ending.
You are not as good as you think, Mr Bertolucci - especially when you have the assets to make something of real importance - possibly, the most disappointing director of all time.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
After her mother commits suicide, nineteen year old Lucy Harmon travels to Italy to have her picture painted. However, she has other reasons for wanting to go. She wants to renew her acquaintance with Nicolo Donati, a young boy with whom she fell in love on her last visit four years ago. She also is trying tosolve the riddle left in a diary written by her dead mother, Sara.
Cast & Characters
Carlo Cecchi as Carlo Lisca;
Sinead Cusack as Diana;
Joseph Fiennes as Christopher;
Jason Flemyng as Gregory;
Anna-Maria Gherardi as Chiarella Donati;
Jeremy Irons as Alex;
Jean Marais as M. Guillaume;
Donal McCann as Ian;
D.W. Moffett as Richard;
Ignazio Oliva as Osvaldo Donati;
Stefania Sandrelli as Noemi;
Francesco Siciliano as Michele Lisca;
Mary Jo Sorgani as Maria;
Leonardo Treviglio as Lieutenant;
Liv Tyler as Lucy Harmon