Stealing Beauty (1996)

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 | Travel | Virginity | Poet

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:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Liv is writing the last poem she writes, "The dye is cast". Shouldn't it be, "The die is cast"?

Quotes:

Lucy: Why are you crying?
Osvaldo Donati: Because I want to kiss you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Adam and Joe Show: (#1.4)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Comet No.9

An uninspiring film and a disappointment

I was looking forward to seeing this film but I was disappointed. I found it dull, a random assembly of unlikely people gathered together in a house in Tuscany, the grounds of which were dotted with awful "sculptures", people entering scenes and dropping out, the whole generally going nowhere.The film didn't capture the beauty of the Tuscan countryside, it felt very detached from the film in my view, as if the characters had been plucked up and dropped down at this villa. Many of the characters I found stereotypical American or British (and Irish) and at the end of a tiring day, hoping for some spiritual refreshment, well I didn't get it from this film and frankly,I'd rather have had an early night.Liv Tyler looks beautiful (my boyfriend didn't think so) but that's about it.Not one to see again and this from someone who loves Italian cinema.