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Bernardo Bertolucci
Once upon a time in the West
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27 editions published between 1985 and 2010 in English and Multiple languages and held by 1,500 libraries worldwide A man preparing to welcome his new wife to his home is killed, along with his entire family.
The last emperor
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12 editions published between 1998 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,375 libraries worldwide The true story of Pu Yi, who, at the age of 3, toddled to the Imperial Dragon Throne to become "Lord of 10,000 Years," China's last emperor.
The Last emperor
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80 editions published between 1987 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 1,163 libraries worldwide The true story of Pu Yi, who, at the age of 3, toddled to the throne to become China's last emperor.
Little Buddha
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40 editions published between 1993 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 850 libraries worldwide In a big American city, a boy and his family discover a story about a prince in a land of miracles. But the miracle becomes real when Tibetan monks appear, searching for their leader's reincarnation -- who they believe has been reborn in the boy. Suddenly, their worlds meet, leading the Americans on an extraordinary adventure.
The conformist
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3 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in Italian and English and held by 729 libraries worldwide A rising young follower of Mussolini must assassinate his former professor, now in political exile, to demonstrate his loyalty to the Fascist state.
Last tango in Paris
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11 editions published between 1984 and 2003 in 5 languages and held by 608 libraries worldwide An American widower in Paris, desolate at the unexplained suicide of his wife, plunges into a torrid sexual relationship with a stranger, a young French girl half his age.
Novecento
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5 editions published between 1992 and 2009 in Italian and English and held by 482 libraries worldwide Two boys are born in Parma, Italy on the day of composer Giuseppe Verdi's death in 1901. Alfredo Berlinghieri is the son of a wealthy landowner and Olmo Dalco is the son of a poverty-stricken peasant who becomes a communist and labor organizer. Though the boys are childhood friends, they increasingly come into conflict as adults as Alfredo panders to the increasingly powerful fascists while Olmo fights relentlessly against Mussolini's followers.
The dreamers
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24 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 451 libraries worldwide A group of students fall in love and sleep around against the backdrop of the 1968 student riots in Paris.
1900
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32 editions published between 1976 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 423 libraries worldwide An epic film that is both a history of 20th century Italy and a portrait of two families. It is also the story of the conflicts between two boys, one a peasant and the other a landowner, as they pass through the upheavals of the modern world.
Last tango in Paris
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44 editions published between 1972 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 421 libraries worldwide An American widower in Paris, desolate at the unexplained suicide of his wife, plunges into an erotic affair with a young French girl half his age.
Bernardo Bertolucci : interviews
by Bernardo Bertolucci
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35 editions published between 1977 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 420 libraries worldwide Interview.
Mon oncle Antoine
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1 edition published in 2008 in French and held by 406 libraries worldwide An orphan comes to live with a foster family in a Canadian mining village, and becomes a part of the comical foibles and heartbreaks of a small French-Canadian town.
Stealing beauty
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28 editions published between 1996 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 361 libraries worldwide A nineteen year old girl spends the summer in Italy, determined to fulfill two dreams. The first, to consummate the romance with the Italian boy she fell in love with four years earlier, and the second, to discover the identity of her father through clues in her mother's diary.
Besieged
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7 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and held by 357 libraries worldwide After her husband is arrested in Africa, Shandurai flees to an enchanting villa in Rome where she gains employment working for an eccentric recluse and falls in love.
Bernardo Bertolucci's Last tango in Paris; the screenplay
by Bernardo Bertolucci
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12 editions published between 1972 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 335 libraries worldwide Un américain de quarante-cinq ans vivant à Paris et hanté par la mort de sa femme, trouve dans un appartement désert qu'il visite en vue de le louer, une femme inconnue de vingt ans avec qui il fait l'amour brutalement. Aucun des deux ne connaît le nom de l'autre, mais ces âmes torturées satisfont ensemble leur appétit sexuel dans un appartement tout aussi dépouillé que leur tragique destin...
I pugni in tasca Fists in the pocket
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2 editions published in 2006 in Italian and held by 329 libraries worldwide Tormented by twisted desires, a young man takes drastic measures to rid his grotesquely dysfunctional family of its various afflictions.
Stealing beauty
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6 editions published between 1996 and 2001 in English and Italian and held by 324 libraries worldwide A nineteen year old girl spends the summer in Italy, determined to fulfill two dreams. The first, to consummate the romance with the Italian boy she fell in love with four years earlier, and the second, to discover the identity of her father through clues in her mother's diary.
The Sheltering sky
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31 editions published between 1990 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 316 libraries worldwide A couple, drawn by desire to the Sahara, follow their passionate obsessions in an attempt to recapture the love they once shared.
La commare secca
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11 editions published between 1962 and 2006 in Italian and No Linguistic content and held by 293 libraries worldwide The brutalized corpse of a prostitute is found in a Roman park, along the banks of the Tiber River. The police round up and interrogate a handful of possible suspects. Each has to explain why he is there. One of them is the killer.
The triumph of love
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4 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and Russian and held by 264 libraries worldwide A princess sets out to return her throne to its rightful heir, who turns out to be a handsome young man, and ends up falling madly in love with him. Unfortunately, he's been trained by his mentor, an angry philosopher, to hate the princess. To set things right and win her heart's desire, the princess dresses herself as a man and begins wooing everyone in the philosopher's household, starting with his spinster sister. more
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Assassins Bertolucci, Bernardo Betrayal Biographical films Buddhism China Closeted gays Communists Conformity Criticism, interpretation, etc. Drama Enemies Families Fascism Fascists Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Film noir Films for the hearing impaired Foreign films France--Paris Historical films History Interviews Italy Italy--Parma Kings and rulers Landowners Man-woman relationships Motion picture producers and directors Motion pictures Motion pictures, Italian Motion pictures--Psychological aspects Murder Outlaws Peasants Political prisoners Puyi,--1906-1967 Rural conditions Sex Social classes Spaghetti Westerns Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War films West (U.S.) Western films Widows
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Alternative Names
Bernardo Bertolucci lived1941
Bertolucci, Bernardo
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English
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Italian (326) French (141) German (110) Spanish (58) Undetermined (58) Multiple languages (36) No Linguistic content (22) Chinese (13) Japanese (9) Miscellaneous languages (9) Turkish (3) Russian (3) Greek, Modern (2) Dutch (2) Portuguese (1) Polish (1) Swedish (1) Hungarian (1) Hindi (1) Slovenian (1) Catalan (1) Covers
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