ITALY · 1990

The Sheltering Sky

Bernardo Bertolucci
Italian Neorealism existential ennui post war displacement marital deterioration cultural alienation mortality and meaning
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An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.

Year1990
CountryItaly
DirectorBernardo Bertolucci
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