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7 February 1973 (USA) morePlot:
A young Parisian woman begins a sordid affair with a middled-aged American businessman whom lays out ground rules that their clandestine relationship will be based only on sex. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(7 articles)
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Brando's most personal film moreUS TV Schedule:
| Tue. July 7 | 3:20 AM | MAX |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Marlon Brando | ... | Paul | |
| Maria Schneider | ... | Jeanne | |
| Maria Michi | ... | Rosa's Mother / La mère de Rosa | |
| Giovanna Galletti | ... | Prostitute / La prostituée | |
| Gitt Magrini | ... | Jeanne's Mother / La mère de Jeanne | |
| Catherine Allégret | ... | Catherine | |
| Luce Marquand | ... | Olympia | |
| Marie-Hélène Breillat | ... | Monique | |
| Catherine Breillat | ... | Mouchette | |
| Dan Diament | ... | TV Sound Engineer / L'ingénieur du son | |
| Catherine Sola | ... | TV Script Girl / La script-girl | |
| Mauro Marchetti | ... | TV Cameraman / Le cameraman | |
| Jean-Pierre Léaud | ... | Tom - un cinéaste, le fiancé de Jeanne | |
| Massimo Girotti | ... | Marcel | |
| Peter Schommer | ... | TV Assistant Cameraman / L'assistant-opérateur |
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Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexual content.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
136 min | Australia:129 min | USA:127 min (R-rated version) | USA:129 min (NC-17 version) | Italy:250 min (original cut) | Spain:124 min (DVD edition) | Norway:129 minColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2000) (uncut) | West Germany:18 (original rating) (cut) | Italy:(Banned) (1972-1986) | Singapore:(Banned) | Brazil:14 | Argentina:X (original rating) | Argentina:18 (re-rating) | UK:18 (video rating) (1988) (uncut) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | Australia:R | Chile:18 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM18 (re-rating) | New Zealand:(Banned) (original rating) | New Zealand:R18 (re-rating) | Norway:18 | Portugal:(Banned) (1973-1974) | Portugal:M/18 | South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (1996) (uncut) | Sweden:15 | USA:NC-17 (re-rating) (1997) | USA:R (cut version: 1981) | USA:X (original rating: 1973) | USA:X (re-rating) (1982)Fun Stuff
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When Paul puts on the Colonel's kepi (the French military hat that had belonged to Jeanne's father) and says to her, "How do you like your hero? Over easy or sunny side up?" Brando - the author of most of the film's English dialog - is using egg imagery because the gold braid on an officer's hat is referred to as "scrambled eggs" in the U.S. military. Brando attended Shattuck Military Academy (from which he was booted out) and failed his physical for the U.S. Army during World War Two due to a bum knee hurt playing high school football. moreGoofs:
Continuity: After the scene in which he uses the butter, Paul rests alone on the floor on his left side. Next shot he appears on his back. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Paul: [with his hands over his ears at the overwhelming sound of a passing train] Fucking GOD!
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Widely denounced as obscene upon its release and unjustifiably notorious for two of its scenes, Bernardo Bertolucci's 'Last Tango in Paris' is a savage story of lust and sexual debasement.
Marlon Brando delivers a ferocious performance as Paul, a middle-aged American expatriate tormented by his wife, Rosa's recent suicide, her infidelities and his failure to understand their relationship. In meeting a 20 year old girl, Jeanne, played by Maria Schneider, in an empty apartment, Paul hopes to form a relationship purely on his own terms and at his own pace, i.e. one he can understand fully. He insists on a new form of relationship, so basic that even their names were kept secret from each other, where she submitted to his every desire, where he could punish himself and relieve his despair and anger towards his wife by punishing Jeanne. Paul's only other interest is in Marcel (Massimo Girotti), Rosa's lover, for whom he has a curious respect and maybe a desire to obtain through him a better understanding of his own wife.
Despite his overpowering talent, Marlon Brando has often shown poor judgement in his choice of projects and has frequently trudged through films with no apparent effort or interest. In 'Last Tango in Paris' he gives everything and produces a performance of unrivalled force. Unfortunately the obvious improvisation in the film prevents the character of Paul from staying within check as he gradually becomes too much like Marlon Brando in the second half of the film. Nonetheless, when Brando is off-screen the film becomes hollow in comparison and is replaced by Jeanne's relationship with her fiance, an annoyingly pretentious TV director (Jean-Pierre Leaud).
This is a truly unique film and Bertolucci successfully highlights the romance in an affair that is fundamentally destructive. Brando's performance is remarkably powerful and intense, eclipsing every other player and dominating the entire film.