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Director:
Writers:
Franco Arcalli (story) &
Bernardo Bertolucci (story) ...
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Release Date:
30 September 1979 (USA) more
Plot:
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win more
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(2 articles)
DVD Playhouse--August 2009
(From The Hollywood Interview. 10 August 2009, 2:25 AM, PDT)
Verdi Singers To Be Showcased In The Met's Il Trovatore
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 12 February 2009, 1:50 PM, PST)
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Perhaps women understand this best more (31 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jill Clayburgh | ... | Caterina Silveri | |
| Matthew Barry | ... | Joe Silveri | |
| Veronica Lazar | ... | Marina | |
| Renato Salvatori | ... | Communist | |
| Fred Gwynne | ... | Douglas Winter | |
| Alida Valli | ... | Giuseppe's Mother | |
| Elisabetta Campeti | ... | Arianna | |
| Franco Citti | ... | Man in Bar | |
| Roberto Benigni | ... | Upholsterer | |
| Carlo Verdone | ... | Director of Caracalla | |
| Peter Eyre | ... | Edward | |
| Stéphane Barat | ... | Mustafa | |
| Pippo Campanini | ... | Innkeeper | |
| Rodolfo Lodi | ... | Maestro Giancarlo Calo | |
| Sara Di Nepi | ... | Concetta (as Shara Di Nepi) |
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Luna (USA)
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142 min
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Iceland:16 | Italy:VM14 | France:-16 | Argentina:X (original rating) | Argentina:16 (re-rating) | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | USA:R
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Dedicated to Franco Arcalli. more
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Referenced in The Censor (1980) more
Soundtrack:
'La Traviata' Act III, 'Preludio' more
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I recall that both Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel HATED this film, which they characterized as senseless meanderings in an incomprehensively large Italian villa by two characters about whom we care nothing. I chose to see it anyway, and absolutely loved it. Perhaps only a woman can relate to just how far a mother will go to redirect her son from a deadly path.