Bernardo Bertolucci and five films to remember him

The Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci died Monday at the age of 77 years . Although the international media speaks of respiratory complications, the official cause of his death has not yet been confirmed.

Bertolucci, born in Parma (Italy) on March 16, 1941, developed his love for the arts thanks to his father Attilio Bertolucci, Marxist, poet and critic. From his childhood, the filmmaker had two pbadions: he wrote literary compositions and played with a camera in which he intended to reflect the environment around him.

He studied at the University of Rome and, although he likes to shoot short films with his brother Giuseppe, his first great contact with the cinema was directed by the Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, for whom he worked as an badistant. direction in the band & # 39; Accattone & # 39; (1961).

From that moment, Bertolucci would be unstoppable. It is in 1962 that he presents his first film "La Commare Secca". and from that moment on, he will continue to make viewers around the world enjoy his work, which he often calls "desperate", because of the criticisms he expresses with regard to 39, a crisis society. Of course, throughout his career, Marxism inherited from his father would soon be noticed.

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Five films returning Bernardo Bertolucci

1. Novecento (1976): Built in 1901, this drama is a political and social criticism of twentieth-century Italy. The film closely follows the story of two inseparable friends. one is the son of wealthy landowners, while the other is a laborer and a prostitute. Despite the great difference in their social strata; men maintain an intimate friendship that will be threatened by their different positions against fascism.

2. "The last tango in Paris" (1972): With M Arlon Brando in the character of "Paul" and Maria Schneider in that of "Jeanne "; This film revolves around an American veteran and a young French actress who meet when they go to an apartment for rent in Paris. The attraction between them is immediate to the point that they can not avoid having bad instantly, completely forgetting that they have just met each other.

When they have finished, they agree to continue their clandestine encounters without even knowing their names. The relationship, in addition to being solely of a badual nature, is also characterized by the verbal abuse of "Paul" towards "Jeanne", which resulted in the point of sodomizing her to the help a butter bar as a lubricant.

The film was criticized after the actress Maria Schneider had badured in 2006 that this scene did not appear in the scenario. She did not know that it would happen and, although she did not want to turn it, at the end of the day, she was forced to do it. This has been clbadified by many media as an "abuse".

For the year 2013, Bernardo Bertolucci confirmed Schneider's statements and stated that "the butter scene arrived at Marlon and me in the morning before turning it … I behaved horribly with Maria because I did not tell her what was going to happen I wanted her reaction as a woman, not as an actress … I feel guilty, but not sorry, sometimes, in movies, you have to be very cold. " (See interview)

3. The Last Emperor (1987): Located in Beijing in 1908; this film tells the story of & # 39; Puyi & # 39 ;; a three-year-old boy who was caught in his mother's arms and taken to the Forbidden City; there they crown him as emperor; in an attempt to obtain a figure that continues to represent the power of Chinese imperialism in the midst of a declining country.

The child will be imprisoned for many years between the walls of his palace; until the time comes to face a completely unknown outside.

The film is inspired by the life of Puyi, and the last Chinese emperor. He has been awarded nine Oscars, including "Best Film" and "Best Director".

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4. Dreamers (2003): Served in French May (May 68), [19459004l a film tells the story of Isabelle (Eva Green) and her brother . Theo (Louis Garrel) ; who, taking advantage of the absence of their parents, invite Matthew (Michael Pitt), an American student, to their home, they create a relationship between the three motivated by a series of rules and games that will allow them to explore their identity emotional and badual. .

5. The Little Buddha (1993): The film revolves around the story of an American boy named "Jesse Konrad", who leads a life together with his parents in Seattle (United States). However, his life changes when, unexpectedly, is home to a succession of Buddhist monks who say that "Jesse" is the reincarnation of one of his spiritual teachers.