An uneven, convoluted, certainly dispute-provoking study of sexual passion in which Marlon Brando gives a truly remarkable performance.
Last Tango in Paris
When you see a love story, it's only a movie. When you feel it with every nerve in your body, it's a masterpiece.
1972 · 2h 9m · NC-17
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci
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Last Tango in Paris
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A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
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The operatic extravagance of Bernardo Bertolucci's style has emerged more clearly since this 1972 drama, which still managed to seem vaguely naturalistic in the midst of its extravagant camera moves and eccentric construction.
It's Brando's film: his monologues devastate.
The movie is sad, but it's also hugely funny, occasionally when it doesn't mean to be.
The look, feel and sound of the film are evocative.
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