Stealing Beauty (1996)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Bernardo Bertolucci

Writers:

Bernardo Bertolucci (story)
Susan Minot (writer)

Release Date:

14 June 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The most beautiful place to be is in love.

Plot:

After her mother commits suicide, nineteen year old Lucy Harmon travels to Italy to have her picture painted...

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Italy | Virginity | Travel | Villa

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Carlo Cecchi	...	Carlo Lisca
Sinéad Cusack	...	Diana (as Sinead Cusack)
Joseph Fiennes	...	Christopher
Jason Flemyng	...	Gregory
Anna-Maria Gherardi	...	Chiarella Donati (as Anna Maria Gherardi)
Jeremy Irons	...	Alex
Jean Marais	...	M. Guillaume
Donal McCann	...	Ian
D.W. Moffett	...	Richard
Ignazio Oliva	...	Osvaldo Donati
Stefania Sandrelli	...	Noemi
Francesco Siciliano	...	Michele Lisca
Mary Jo Sorgani	...	Maria
Leonardo Treviglio	...	Lieutenant
Liv Tyler	...	Lucy Harmon

Also Known As:

Beauté volée (France)
Dancing by Myself (USA) (alternative title)
Io ballo da sola (Italy)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity, some drug use and language.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

Italy | France | UK

Language:

English | French | German | Spanish | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Singapore:R21 | Peru:18 | Iceland:12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:III | Italy:T | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Brolio, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy

Company:

Fiction

Trivia:

The three poems we see Lucy (Liv Tyler) compose while in Italy are: - 1. I have her secret deep within for years I've had to hide I've bought the clues And now I'm hope To bring the truth outside - 2. I wait I wait so patiently I'm as quiet as a cup I hope you'll come and rattle me Quick! Come wake me up. - 3. The dye is cast The dice are rolled I feel like shit you look like gold.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lucy meets Richard at the pool, she puts her hand on the pool's edge twice.

Quotes:

Miranda: I decided I had to get rid of it one summer before school. I ended up doing it with the same guy my best friend did it with. He was the local... deflowerer...
Christopher: I remember that guy! Oh Miranda, he was repulsive!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Afula Express (1997)

Soundtrack:

Comet No.9

Blew Me away

This film blew me away. The hurt, love and pain expressed in this movie through the most simple forms of cinematography are amazing. A classical film of life and death, of love and pain. One of Liv Lylers best acting jobs. Again I agree that this is a film that maybe Americans won't really understand. Its very European in the way the individual characters interact. A must see for anyone who demands detail in a film. Its not just a love or romance film. Its about life in its purest form, about peoples imperfections and their desires. It brings out human nature as its over all theme. Once again, it blew me away. I haven't seen a film like this before.