Rotten
[Bertolucci] builds an homage to beauty around a sullen void.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Stealing Beauty
The most beautiful place to be is in love.
1996 · 1h 56m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci
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Stealing Beauty
Overview
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.
Director and cast
- Bernardo Bertolucci Director
- Liv Tyler as Lucy Harmon
- Sinéad Cusack as Diana Grayson
- Jeremy Irons as Alex Parrish
- Jason Flemyng as Gregory
- Joseph Fiennes as Christopher Fox
- Carlo Cecchi as Carlo Lisca
- Donal McCann as Ian Grayson
- Jean Marais as M. Guillaume
- Rachel Weisz as Miranda Fox
- Anna Maria Gherardi as Chiarella Donati
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
50%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In contrasting the sexuality and rebellion of Lucy's generation with his own, Bertolucci clearly yearns to rekindle his creative spirit.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
[A] hilariously inscrutable exercise in pseudo-profundity.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
A civilized, mellow, and generally graceful chamber piece.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A welcome reminder of Bertolucci's directorial assurance.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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