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Actors: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Last Tango in Paris |
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Jeanne, a gorgous 20-year-old, French girl, meets Paul, a middle-aged American expatriate when they are both looking to rent the same apartment. Inexplicably drawn to one another, they have sex, and when Paul takes the apartment, Jeanne agrees to return there often. There, they have numerous sexual encounters, but, by Paul's insistence, they never tell each other their names or their histories. Each has something to hide: Jeanne is preparing to marry a filmmaker, who is preoccupied with making a documentary about her. Paul's secret is darker: he is coping with the recent suicide of his wife. As their sex life becomes more complicated, kinky, and twisted, each must decide whether their affair is about more than just sex.
--Judy Berman, Resident Scholar
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One of the most controversial movies that Bernardo Bertolucci made - and definitely the most unconventional role Marlon Brando played - "Last Tango in Paris" shocks with its stark sexuality which almost overshadows Brando's brilliant performance and the metaphorical narrative. While looking for an apartment in Paris, Paul(Brando) and Jeanne( Schneider) happen to meet inside one and are instantly attracted to each other by an almost animalistic sexual urge. For three days following that, they continue an affair without knowing each other's names or for that matter anything else about one another. While Paul is trying to assuage the pain from his wife's suicide, Jeanne has her own doubts about her impending marriage to a film director and revels in Paul's sexual prowess. Inside the seedy apartment, they escape from the realities of the world and immerse themselves in sexual ecstasy. But this arrangement is only ephemeral and sooner or later, they have to get back to the world waiting outside the closed doors.
--Biswa, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Last Tango in Paris |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- boatload of casual sex without love
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- really kinky sex!
Coping with loss of
- Wife/girlfriend/squeeze
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (man) average
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- full frontal
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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