Stealing Beauty

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Stealing Beauty

Movie poster for Stealing Beauty
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Produced by Jeremy Thomas
Written by Bernardo Bertolucci (story)
Susan Minot
Starring Joseph Fiennes
Jeremy Irons
Liv Tyler
Music by Richard Hartley
Cinematography Darius Khondji
Editing by Pietro Scalia
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) June 14, 1996
Running time 113 min. (Theatrical)
119 min. (DVD release)
Country Italy, France
United Kingdom
Language English/French/Italian
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Stealing Beauty is a 1996 Italian/French/British drama film written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. It stars Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons, and Liv Tyler. The original music score is composed by Richard Hartley. The film's tagline was "The most beautiful place to be is in love."

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[edit] Plot summary

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to visit family friends residing there. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with a handsome Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted. Lucy's mother has committed suicide since then, and the teenager also hopes to discover the identity of her father, whom her mother hinted was a resident of the villa. Once she arrives, Lucy meets a variety of eccentric visitors, including a dying playwright, a sculptor, a lawyer and several others. Lucy has decided to lose her virginity and becomes an object of intense interest to the men of the household, but the suitor she finally selects is not the initial object of her affection.

[edit] Main cast

Actor Role
Liv Tyler Lucy Harmon
Sinead Cusack Diana Grayson
Donal McCann Ian Grayson
Jeremy Irons Alez Parrish
Jean Marais M. Guillaume
Rachel Weisz Miranda Fox
Joseph Fiennes Christopher Fox
D. W. Moffett Richard Reed

[edit] Details

  • Title also known as:
Beauté volée (France)
Ukryte pragnienia (Poland)
Io ballo da sola (Italy)
Beleza Roubada (Brazil)
Belleza Robada (Spain)
Gefühl und Verführung (Germany)
  • MPAA rating: R for strong sexuality, nudity, some drug use and language
  • Running time: 113 min

[edit] DVD details

  • Release date: January 8, 2002
  • Anamorphic Widescreen
  • Aspect Ratio: 2:35:1
  • Audio tracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital Surround
French Dolby Digital Stereo
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Special Features: Trailer and TV Spots, Featurette
  • Running time: 119 minutes

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