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Bernardo Bertolucci, whose epic The last emperor has won nine Oscars and has influenced generations of filmmakers with other groundbreaking works such as The conformist and Last tango in Paris, where he explored politics and sexuality through personal stories and daring camera work, passed away.
He was 77 years old. His publicist, Flavia Schiavi, said that Bertolucci died of cancer Monday, November 26 at 7 am.
Bertolucci, the greatest Italian author of his generation, has managed to work both in Europe and Hollywood, although his relationship with the studios has had its ups and downs. But even when he operated in the studio system, Bertolucci still managed to make films considered projections of his inner world.
The last emperor, an adaptation of the autobiography of the last Chinese imperial ruler, Pu Yi, swept the Oscars of 1987, winning all the categories in which she was nominated, including the best film and the best director.
Thanks to this, Bertolucci became the first and only Italian to win the Oscar for best director. The last emperor is one of the most Oscar-winning films and was the first Western epic on China made with the cooperation of the Chinese government. – dpa
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