Stealing Beauty (1996)

Directed by

Bernardo Bertolucci

Cast

Katahira Nagisa, Toyohara Kosuke, Shioya Toshi, Mabuchi Haruko, Fukuda Toyoto, Fujiwara Toshizo, Tajima Reiko, Nito Yuko

Genre

drama film, romance film, teen film, coming-of-age film

Country

United Kingdom, France, Italy

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 619 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 19-year-old American girl goes to a Tuscan villa after her poet mother dies. She spends the summer with a group of family friends and artists, reflecting on love and loss.

sensualleisurelymelancholicdreamlikereflectivevisually lushbittersweetwistful

What happens

Stealing Beauty (French: Beauté volée, lit. 'Stolen Beauty'; Italian: Io ballo da sola, lit. 'I Dance Alone') is a 1996 coming-of-age drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Jeremy Irons, Liv Tyler, Sinéad Cusack, Jean Marais, Donal McCann, D. W. Moffett, Stefania Sandrelli and Rachel Weisz. Written by Bertolucci and Susan Minot, the film is about a 19-year-old American girl who travels to a lush Tuscan villa near Siena to stay with family friends of her poet mother, who recently died. It is an international co-production of France, Italy and the United Kingdom. Stealing Beauty was released in Italy in March 1996, and was officially selected for the 1996 Cannes Film Festival in May. It was released in the United States on 14 June 1996. The film was made entirely in the Tuscany region of Italy during the summer of 1995. The main location for filming was the estate of Castello di Brolio, and a small villa on the property. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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