O CĂ©u que nos Protege/ the sheltering sky - 1990
Awards: Won Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations
Directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci
IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100594/
SINOPSYS:
The American artist couple Port and Kit Moresby travels aimless through Africa, searching for new experiences that could give new sense to their relationship. But the flight to distant regions leads both only deeper into despair.
Comment:
Master filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci applies his considerable talent to this haunting adaptation of the Paul Bowles novel. John Malkovich and Debra Winger play Port and Kit Moresby, characters loosely based on Bowles and his wife Jane, who flee New York for North Africa, where they hope to find mystical truths that will reignite the spark of their marriage. But instead they lose their moral bearings (with help from a friend, played by Campbell Scott, who has an affair with Kit) while traveling deeper and deeper into the Sahara. Before long, what started as a vacation at exotic lodgings has descended into a tour of hell, as they stumble farther and farther into an unknowable spiritual territory. Though long and at times slow-moving, the film features marvelously nuanced acting by Malkovich and Winger and visionary filmmaking that makes the landscape at once picturesque and threatening. --Marshall Fine
Cast overview, first billed only:
Debra Winger .... Kit Moresby
John Malkovich .... Port Moresby
Campbell Scott .... George Tunner
Jill Bennett .... Mrs. Lyle
Timothy Spall .... Eric Lyle
Eric Vu-An .... Belqassim
Amina Annabi .... Mahrnia
Philippe Morier-Genoud .... Captain Broussard
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 138 min
Country: UK / Italy
DVDRip - XviD
Video bitrate: 464 x 256
23 fps
86kbps
Audio:
MPEGLayer3
128 kbps
Please, SEED! :o)
