Last Tango in Paris

…best known for his film Last Tango in Paris (1972), the erotic content of which created an international sensation.

…Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972; Last Tango in Paris), a meditation on sex and death, and Novecento (1976; 1900), a six-hour epic covering 50 years of Italian class conflict. Other important Italian filmmakers include Francesco Rosi (Salvatore Giuliano, 1962), Marco Bellocchio (La Cina è vicina [China Is Near], 1967), Marco…

…Bertolucci, appearing in the latter’s Last Tango in Paris (1972). An actor of limited range, Léaud nevertheless endowed the role of a scatterbrained young man with both emotional intensity and a wry underlying humour.