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Release Date
• USA: Jun 14, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 8, 2002
• R2: 21 Jun 2004
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity, some drug use and language.
Running Time
1 hour, 53 minutes
Country Italy, France, UK
Production Companies
Fiction, France 2 Cinéma, Jeremy Thomas Productions, Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
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Other Titles
• Stealing Beauty (1996)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Coming Of Age, Love, Epic, Drugs, Infidelity
Tagline: The most beautiful place to be is in love.
Plot: When 19-year-old Lucy Harmon (Liv Tyler) arrives in Tuscany, wondering about her mother (a recent suicide) and still nursing a crush on Niccolo, the local playboy she met on a visit four years earlier, everyone sits up and takes notice--especially director Bernardo Bertolucci, who trains his camera on the ingenue with understandable enthusiasm. The Graysons, who own the artists' colony and villa where Lucy's mother once wrote poetry, take the young girl in, and their guests enjoy the infusion of youth. Perhaps most deeply affected is Alex Parrish (Jeremy Irons), a terminally ill writer who finds Lucy charming and vital. Before such attentions, Lucy's interest in Niccolo (who turns out to be a jerk) quickly fades, replaced by an unexpected mystery regarding the identity of her father and a possible new love. And in a further attempt to understand her mother, Lucy writes light little poems as well. (Bertolucci has her words appear on the screen as she scribbles.) In fact, everything seems light in lush and lovely in Tuscany, which provides a gorgeous setting for the gifted ensemble to play out their intrigues.
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| Cast |
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 | Jason Flemyng
Snatch., Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, From Hell |
 | Jeremy Irons
The Lion King, Kingdom of Heaven, Die Hard: With a Vengeance |
 | Liv Tyler
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
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 | Carlo Cecchi
The Red Violin, The Horseman on the Roof, Hamam: The Turkish Bath | Sinéad Cusack
I Capture the Castle, Passion of Mind, The Cement Garden | |
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| Music By |
Richard Hartley
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Playing God, A Thousand Acres |
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