Last Tango in Paris
1972 film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci · Released 1972
Last Tango in Paris (Italian: Ultimo tango a Parigi; French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The film stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider and Jean-Pierre Léaud, and portrays a recently widowed American who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on 14 October 1972 and grossed $36 million in its U.S. theatrical release, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 1973. The film's raw portrayal of rape and emotional turmoil led to international controversy and drew various levels of government censorship in different jurisdictions.
Cast ages at release (1972)
- Marlon Brando, as Paul: 47–48
- Maria Schneider, as Jeanne: 19–20
- Jean-Pierre Léaud, as Thomas: 27–28
- Massimo Girotti, as Marcel: 53–54
- Marie-Hélène Breillat, as Monique: 24–25
- Catherine Allégret, as Catherine: 25–26
- Veronica Lazăr, as Rosa: 33–34
- Catherine Breillat, as Mouchette: 23–24
- Gitt Magrini, as Jeanne's mother: 57–58
- Darling Légitimus, as the Concierge: 64–65
- Laura Betti, as Miss Blandish: 44–45
- Giovanna Galletti, as the prostitute: 55–56
- Maria Michi, as Rosa's mother: 50–51
- Armand Abplanalp, as the prostitute's client: 41–42
- Catherine Sola, as the script girl: 30–31
- Jean-Luc Bideau, as the Barge Captain: 31–32
- Michel Delahaye, as the Bible salesman: 42–43
- Gianni Pulone: 28–29
- Franca Sciutto: 32–33