Last Tango in Paris (1972)

Original title

Ultimo tango a Parigi

Directed by

Bernardo Bertolucci

Genre

drama film, erotic film, romance film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

2h 09m

Rated

NC-17

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 1,349 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A recently widowed American man begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman. Their encounters are defined by raw emotion and a lack of personal history.

intenserawmelancholicsexualunsettlinggrittyemotionally turbulentprovocative

What happens

Last Tango in Paris (Italian: Ultimo tango a Parigi; French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The film stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider and Jean-Pierre Léaud, and portrays a recently widowed American who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on 14 October 1972 and grossed $36 million in its U.S. theatrical release, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 1973. The film's raw portrayal of rape and emotional turmoil led to international controversy and drew various levels of government censorship in different jurisdictions. Upon release in the United States, the MPAA gave the film an X rating. United Artists Classics released an R-rated cut in 1981. In 1997, the original cut of the film was reclassified as NC-17. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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