Last Tango in Paris
Last Tango in 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.
Plot
Paul, a middle-aged American hotel owner mourning the suicide of his wife Rosa, meets a young, engaged Parisian woman named Jeanne at an apartment that both are interested in renting. Paul takes the apartment after they begin an anonymous sexual relationship there. He insists that they not share any personal information, even given names, much to Jeanne's dismay. At one point in their relationship, he rapes her. Despite this, she tells him that she tries to leave him, but can't bring herself to do it. The affair continues for some time until Paul decides to leave Jeanne, after which she arrives at the apartment and finds that he has packed up and left without warning.
Cast
- Armand Abplanalp
- Catherine Allégret
- Catherine Breillat
- Catherine Sola
- Darling Légitimus
- Franca Sciutto
- Gianni Pulone
- Giovanna Galletti
- Gitt Magrini
- Jean-Luc Bideau
- Jean-Pierre Léaud
- Laura Betti
- Maria Michi
- Maria Schneider
- Marie-Hélène Breillat
- Marlon Brando
- Massimo Girotti
- Michel Delahaye
- Veronica Lazar
More details
| author | Agnès Varda Bernardo Bertolucci Franco Arcalli Jean-Louis Trintignant |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| editor | Franco Arcalli Roberto Perpignani |
| genre | drama romance |
| keywords | build engage follow hotel owner life story mourn question run away sexual relationship tango view warn wound |
| musicBy | Gato Barbieri |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director |
| producer | Alberto Grimaldi |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | rue Marietta-Alboni |
| theme | independent rape romantic drama sexuality |