Directed by:
Bernardo BertolucciCinematography:
Vittorio StoraroComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Renato Salvatori, Fred Gwynne, Alida Valli, Franco Citti, Roberto Benigni, Carlo Verdone, Tomas Milian, Laura Betti, Mimmo Poli (more)Plots(1)
Joe (Matthew Barry) is the son of famous opera singer Caterina Silveri (Jill Clayburgh); while Joe believes that Caterina's husband Douglas Winter (Fred Gwynne) is his biological father, the truth is that he was sired by Caterina's former lover, who is now living in Italy and working as a schoolteacher. Joe is moody and rebellious and needs a strong father figure to guide him and keep him in line. But Douglas is ineffectual and emotionally weak, and when Joe witnesses Douglas committing suicide, it sends the young man over the edge. In hopes of boosting her singing career, which has fallen into a rut, Caterina decides to move to Italy, with Joe in tow; Joe falls in with a dangerous crowd and becomes addicted to heroin, while Caterina, hoping to lure her son back to a safer and more healthy lifestyle, tries to become closer to him, which leads to a flirtation with incest. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jill Clayburgh
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Shy People (1987)
The Terminal Man (1974)
Matthew Barry
USA
Best movies:
The Notebook (2004)
Ed Wood (1994)
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Renato Salvatori
Italy
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Una breve vacanza (1973)
Two Women (1960)
Fred Gwynne
USA
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On the Waterfront (1954)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Alida Valli
Italy
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The Third Man (1949)
1900 (1976)
Franco Citti
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Roberto Benigni
Italy
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Night on Earth (1991)
Down by Law (1986)
Carlo Verdone
Italy
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Tomas Milian
Cuba
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Traffic (2000)
Laura Betti
Italy
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
La dolce vita (1960)
Blackout in Rome (1960)
Mimmo Poli
Italy
Best movies:
Roman Holiday (1953)
1900 (1976)
Odds and Evens (1978)
Veronica Lazar
Romania
Best movies:
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Luna (1979)
Identification of a Woman (1982)
Mustapha Barat
Algeria
Best movies:
Luna (1979)
Peter Eyre
USA
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Julius Caesar (1970)
Joseph (1995) (TV movie)
Liana Del Balzo
Argentina
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Franco Zeffirelli's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Iole Cecchini
Best movies:
Luna (1979)
Jole Silvani
Best movies:
Le Grand Escogriffe (1976)
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