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Bernardo Bertolucci (/ˌbɜːrtəˈluːtʃi/ BUR-tə-LOO-chee; Italian: [berˈnardo bertoˈluttʃi]; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international acclaim. With The Last Emperor (1987) he became the first Italian filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director, and he received many other accolades including a BAFTA Award, a César Award, two Golden Globes, a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, and an Honorary Palme d'Or.
A protégé of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bertolucci made his directorial debut at 22. His second film, Before the Revolution (1964), earned strong international reviews and has since gained classic status, being called a "masterpiece of Italian cinema" by Film4. His 1970 film The Conformist, an adaptation of the Alberto Moravia novel, is considered a classic of international cinema, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the prestigious Berlin Golden Bear. His 1972 erotic drama Last Tango in Paris was controversial due to its rape scene and, later, comments made by actress Maria Schneider about her treatment on set. Bertolucci's later films such as the historical epic 1900 (1976), the family drama La Luna (1979), and the darkly comedic Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981), were also controversial but acclaimed.
His 1987 film The Last Emperor, a biopic of Chinese monarch Puyi, was a critical and commercial success, earning rave reviews and sweeping the 60th Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director). This was the start of what has since been described as his "Oriental Trilogy", a trio of films including The Sheltering Sky, an adaptation of the novel of the same name, and Little Buddha, a Buddhist religious epic, all three of which feature scores by Ryuichi Sakamoto. His 1996 film, Stealing Beauty, brought him his second of two Palme d'Or nominations. He continued directing well into the 21st century, releasing his final film, Me and You, in 2012.
Bertolucci's films often deal with themes of politics, sexuality, history, class conflict and social taboos, and his style has influenced several filmmakers. Several of his films have appeared on lists of the greatest films of all time. Critics have remarked that what makes Bertolucci different than other directors is his masterful combination of "visual richness and visual freedom".
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21 December 1968
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
10 October 2003
When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
04 October 1987
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
01 February 1997
Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.
17 February 2022
A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.
15 September 2006
What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status in different countries? (Sequel to “Filmmakers vs.
29 March 1996
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.
29 August 1979
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.
01 September 2012
Making of documentary of Bernardo Bertolucci's Io e Te.
15 December 1972
A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
24 October 2012
An introverted teenager tells his parents he is going on a ski trip, but instead spends his time alone in his mom's basement.
24 July 2014
The relations between Parma and cinema were so strong for almost the whole of the twentieth century that this city became an early laboratory of ideas and theories on cinema and a set chosen by some of the greatest Italian authors and beyond.
17 November 1993
Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.
01 January 2004
Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them.
01 December 1993
After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children — one American and two Nepalese — who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.
29 January 1971
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
01 March 2004
The making of The Dreamers, its background and relation to the May 1968 student riots in Paris.
22 October 2020
A deep dive into Glauber Rocha's years exiled in Italy in the 70s. Through a collection of interviews and archives, the movie shows the making of his film Claro (1975) and his relation with European auteurs in their filmic and political views.
01 January 2001
A short documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.
04 September 2017
The life and work of Giuseppe Bertolucci, as told by his father and brother, friends and colleagues.
28 August 1976
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
25 October 1990
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
10 October 2016
Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Gabriele Salvatores, Paolo Sorrentino and Giuseppe Tornatore talk about their idea of cinema.
18 October 2023
Expecting her first child and questioning how to align motherhood with being an artist, Lola begins a dialogue with her grandmother Cloclo, a landscape painter, aesthetic nomad and free spirit.
28 August 2013
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
01 October 1992
Documentary about the Dutch film director Adriaan Ditvoorst.
29 July 2015
With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary.
04 April 2013
The American composer and author Paul Bowles was a man with a great deal of charisma and influence. When he moved to Tangier, Morocco, in 1949, half the world followed him to the enigmatic city.
18 November 2003
First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968.
16 December 2021
An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.
01 September 1996
Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brought together artists from Bahia.
08 September 2026
A tribute to legendary 20th-century filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci, examining his cinema, art, and life.
01 January 1998
The Story of X takes you to the earliest days of adult films when men peddled stag reels and projectors out of the trunks of their cars, then through the movie house years to the arrival of the home video business, and now the Internet.
29 October 2017
A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in Russia in the early 2000s. The story of the company Cinema Without Borders and its two founders, Sam Klebanov and Anton Mazurov.
13 May 2011
Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work.
10 August 2002
It is a chronological compilation of film clips, awards ceremonies and brief period interviews gathered by journalist Sandro Lai.
07 September 2001
A princess is determined to restore her homeland's throne to its rightful heir, a young prince with whom she falls in love.
25 September 1961
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
20 September 2014
In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb acting skills made him truly unique, so that the doors to the starry sky of Hollywood opened for him.
12 May 2010
Guided by Liv Ullmann and with commentaries from a number of prominent filmmakers for whom Bergman is and remains an important influence - such as Woody Allen, Olivier Assayas, Bernardo Bertolucci, Arnaud Desplechin, John Sayles, Martin Scorsese and Lars von Trier, the film provides a vivid portrait of the artist who in each new project found a challenge for himself and for the people he worked with - both actors and colleagues behind the camera.
10 September 2026
Leo and Ava chase each other—coming close, drifting apart, and searching for their way back. They cannot let go, nor break free.
05 February 1998
While in exile in Italy, an African woman finds herself trying to get back home and free her imprisoned husband.
25 April 1990
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences between American independent and Hollywood movies and films from European directors.
28 May 1995
The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.
27 April 2017
An account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey through the great moments of cinema, from Italian neorealism to the masterpieces of Woody Allen.
30 May 2002
A revealing look at the great Quebecois director who gave us such classic films as Mon Oncle Antoine, A toute prendre and Kamouraska: Power of Passion.
04 October 2018
“A future historian, if he or she is honest, will feel a legitimate need to place the decade 1968 to 1978 alongside the great events that changed the world, such as the French and Russian Revolutions”.
01 September 2013
This short film tells the story of the most important cinema trend that Italy has ever produced - Neo Realism.
01 January 1992
Documentary about Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer of Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor, Reds, Il Confimista, 1900.
20 September 2002
Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a child; a four split scene short involving plot-less images of old people with television sets for heads, a beautiful woman having sex, and overall confusion; and an old man reminiscing over his youth.
31 August 2013
Documentary on the life and work of legendary director Bernardo Bertolucci, using filmed interviews he has given over the last 50 years.
08 September 2016
Lorenza Mazzetti's extraordinary life story touches many points in twentieth century history. The adopted daughter of the Einstein family emigrated to London in the 1950s and applied to the Slade School of Fine Art with the reason "Because I'm a genius!" Mazzetti is also one of the most important representatives of the Free Cinema movement.
01 January 2000
A documentary that focuses on Abbas Kiarostami's cinematic philosophy talking to himself and other figures, and also seeks the opinion about his works both inside and outside his homeland.
01 January 1977
A journey through history
17 May 2021
A complete and never-before-seen portrait of the life of a young girl from Pula (Istria) who quickly became one of the most famous and beloved actresses of Italian and international cinema, told through the words of her unpublished letters and diaries, photographs, homemade films in 8 mm, and new interviews with her relatives, friends, and collaborators.
13 May 1964
As Fabrizio contemplates joining the Communist Party, he breaks off his planned marriage to a bourgeois woman and becomes incestuously involved with his alluring aunt.
01 January 1989
Children play hide in seek in the city of Bologna
