TY - BOOK AU - Bernardo Bertolucci AU - Bernardo Bertolucci AU - Franco Arcalli AU - Marlon Brando AU - Maria Schneider AU - Maria Michi TI - Ultimo tango a Parigi: Last Tango in Paris AV - PN1997 .U485 1972 PY - 1998/// CY - France PB - Les Productions Artistes AssociƩs, Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA) N1 - N2 - From case cover: Penetrate the moody, sensual world of Last Tango in Paris, and prepare yourself for "the most controversial film of its era" (Leonard Maltin). Nominated for two Academy Awards -Best Director (Barnardo Bertolucci) and Best Actor (Marlon Brando) - and exuding a sexual energy unlike any film before or after, this is the scintillating classic that shocked a nation... and "altered the face of an art form" (Pauline Kael). He (Brando) is a 45-year old American living in Paris, haunted by his wife's suicide. She (Maria Schneider, Jane Eyre) is a 20-year old Parisian beauty engaged to a young filmmaker. Though nameless to each other, these tortured souls come together to satisfy their sexual cravings in an apartment as bare as their dark, tragic lives. Caught up in the frenzied beat of a carnal dance they cannot seem to stop, these unlikely lovers take their passion to erotic heights - and depths - beyond anything they could ever have imagined ER -