Stealing Beauty

1996
15
1h 58m

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After her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.After her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.After her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.

Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
Writers
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Susan Minot
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

31K

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POPULARITY

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Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
Writers
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Susan Minot
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 11 nominations total

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Trivia
Jeremy Irons and Sinéad Cusack are a real-life couple and have been married since 1978.

Goofs
When Lucy enters the Tuscan Villa for the first time you see a swallow (Hirundo rustica) flying combined with the screeching call of the swift (Apus apus).

Quotes
Lucy: Why are you crying?
Osvaldo Donati: Because I want to kiss you.

Crazy credits
During the opening credits, there is a montage of Lucy (Liv Tyler) being recorded on a video camera during her travel to Italy by an unknown man.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Cable Guy/Stealing Beauty/Moll Flanders/Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD/The Switchblade Sisters/Madame Butterfly (1996)

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Written by Liz Phair, Jim Ellison
Courtesy of Matador Records/Atlantic Records

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Watch again and again to understand Bertolucci

This is my favorite film. I first saw it in 1996 at the age of 16, and have been relentlessly teased ever since for enjoying it as much as I do. True film buffs, I am told, walked out on this one. I insist though that I don't have bad taste; the film simply struck a chord in me early on, and yes, it was probably because its was such a pretty film. Beauty can be quite a hook. Since then I have watched Stealing Beauty no less than a hundred times, studied Bertolucci's other films, and - of course - listened to the soundtrack, and the Mozart Concerti, so much that I have been known to hum them in my sleep. Now, I know why I love it so much. Every time I watch Stealing Beauty, there is more to discover. The premise - looking for her father/true love - and the apparent conclusion seem no more than a frame work for a hundred different leitmotifs that Bertolucci seems strangely familiar with, fascinated by, and adept at expressing in all of his films.