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Last Tango in Paris

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7.0/10 • 1.2K

1972-12-152h 9m

DramaRomance

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.

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

Directors
Bernardo Bertolucci
Editors
Roberto Perpignani

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  1. Marlon Brando

    Marlon Brando

    Paul

  2. Maria Schneider

    Maria Schneider

    Jeanne

  3. Catherine Breillat

    Catherine Breillat

    Mouchette

  4. Veronica Lazăr

    Veronica Lazăr

    Rosa

  5. Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Tom

  6. Gitt Magrini

    Gitt Magrini

    Jeanne's Mother

  7. Marie-Hélène Breillat

    Marie-Hélène Breillat

    Monique

  8. Maria Michi

    Maria Michi

    Rosa's Mother

  9. Giovanna Galletti

    Giovanna Galletti

    Prostitute

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CinemaSerf

Jul 18, 2024

6/10

"Jeanne" (Maria Schneider) is flat-hunting when she encounters the predatory "Paul" (Marlon Brando) in an empty apartment where he proceeds to rape her. It turns out that he has recently lost his wife to suicide and is completely bereft - bewildered and almost feral in his attitude towards this girl. He rents the apartment and she comes back for more - always using the no names no pack drill routine as the sex becomes perfunctorily obsessional for both of them. The question is - can they both remain so dispassionate emotionally as their rendezvous become more intense, more humiliating for her and ultimately completely addictive? She is obedient in every way, and like most things reliably delivered on a plate the sex soon ceases to satiate his desires. He must completely control this young woman. She, meantime, is engaged to the aspiring film director "Tom" (Jean-Pierre Léaud) who remains blissfully oblivious of his fiancée's peccadilloes. In the end, it's going to be "Jeanne" who has to take control of her own life - but which way will she turn? For a film that's essentially about passion, this is an entirely sterile affair with little actual chemistry between the couple as Bertolucci exposes us to endless pointless female nudity, some clumsily choreographed sex and a surfeit of dialogue that doesn't generate steam so much as spray amidst a series of gratuitous nookie that did neither Brando nor the marginally more natural Schneider any favours. If it's supposed to be a penetrative look at the human psyche, or at our animal instincts, or maybe even at our dependencies, then I'm afraid it was all just too plodding, repetitive and undercooked. This just wasn't for me, sorry.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Budget
$1,250,000.00
Revenue
$36,182,181.00
Keywords
paris, francebusinessmanlovetragedyrelationshipextramarital affairparisianclandestine