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Last Tango in Paris

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Distraught following his wife's suicide, American hotelier Paul (Marlon Brando) becomes transfixed by the beautiful younger Frenchwoman Jeanne (Maria Schneider) when he meets her by chance at an apartment both are attempting to rent. The couple begin an extended but purely anonymous sexual relationship in which they do not even tell each other their names, but it soon becomes clear that the couple's deliberate level of disassociation cannot continue.
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Naturalistic but evocative, Last Tango in Paris is a vivid exploration of pain, love, and sex featuring a typically towering Marlon Brando performance.

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker 01/03/2018
When Brando improvises within Bertolucci's structure, his full art is realized; his performance is intuitive, rapt, princely. Working with Brando, Bertolucci achieves realism with the terror of actual experience still alive on the screen. Go to Full Review
Helen O'Hara Empire Magazine 12/07/2007
3/5
Brando gives his all but just ends up becoming himself. Interesting for its historical notoriety, but overlong and dull in places. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety 12/07/2007
An uneven, convoluted, certainly dispute-provoking study of sexual passion in which Marlon Brando gives a truly remarkable performance. Go to Full Review
Yasser Medina Cinefilia 04/04/2024
6/10
It has some visual notes that are complemented by a strong performance by Marlon Brando, but his essay on passion and the dilemmas of couple relationships often remain imprisoned in the walls of superficiality. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Tim Dirks Filmsite 11/09/2023
Director Bernardo Bertolucci's landmark and controversial erotic film - an arthouse film, told about the development of a destructive relationship, as it followed a distraught, confused, grieving widower and middle-aged American exile named Paul Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 09/22/2023
Marlon Brando, at the height of his fame and his talent, delivers a raw, emotionally naked performance as the 45-year-old American widower ... Go to Full Review
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Jack F @MovieFan111 Dec 11 One of the worst movies I've seen. It was soooo boring! I mean, I guess it could be NC-17, but there really wasn't that much sex at all. I went into it thinking much worse. I didn't even understand what the hell was going on. I haven't seen too many Marlon Brando movies, so it was interesting to see this one. Lame!!!! See more Alain E @AlainE Nov 19 Overall, I don’t think it has aged well, but it remains, along with Antonioni’s The Passenger, the best roles of Maria Schneider. I have read the condemnation that she wrote years later and I am not convinced. Definitely she didn’t appear traumatized in the remaining of the movie and in the end she delivers quite a harsh punishment. The scene itself, I don’t think it is essential to the story. More like Bertolucci trying to think how to shock the viewers. Cinematography is excellent and years after both protagonists are dead they remain immortalized. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Oct 20 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom, e ainda teve a cena de estrupo do Marlon brando na mulher protagonista do filme. See more Matheus A 12/22/2024 To simply violate a woman during the filming of this movie—an idea conceived by Marlon Brando and the director—is one of the most reprehensible acts imaginable. It does not matter if he is a talented artist or a skilled director; his actions essentially ruined the young woman's life. If you think this is trivial, let me see how you would feel if the same were done to you. See more James B 08/08/2024 pretty good brando was great shocking ending on the waterfront and the godfather are good brando films too See more nick s @Nick_S 07/27/2024 A very immersive movie with a slow, voyeuristic vibe, but without any story complexity. Quite a bit of exposition. It was somewhat on the raw side with nude scenes and simulated sex. How the director could use such a young actress for that l have no idea. Its strongest points for me were the acting, which I couldn't fault, and the cinematography, which was often gorgeous. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Distraught following his wife's suicide, American hotelier Paul (Marlon Brando) becomes transfixed by the beautiful younger Frenchwoman Jeanne (Maria Schneider) when he meets her by chance at an apartment both are attempting to rent. The couple begin an extended but purely anonymous sexual relationship in which they do not even tell each other their names, but it soon becomes clear that the couple's deliberate level of disassociation cannot continue.
Director
Bernardo Bertolucci
Producer
Alberto Grimaldi
Screenwriter
Bernardo Bertolucci, Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Arcalli, Agnès Varda, Franco Arcalli, Bernardo Bertolucci
Distributor
MGM Home Entertainment, United Artists
Production Co
Les Productions Artistes Associés, Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA)
Rating
NC-17
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 14, 1972, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 29, 2012
Runtime
2h 10m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm
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