Last Tango in Paris (Italian: Ultimo tango a Parigi, French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 film which tells the story of an American widower who is drawn into a sexual relationship with a soon-to-be-married Parisian woman. It stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, and Jean-Pierre Léaud.

The movie was written by Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Arcalli, and Agnès Varda (additional dialogue), based on a book by the same title, written by Robert Alley. It was directed by Bertolucci and cinematography by Vittorio Storaro. Anges Varda also based the last scenes on the death of Jim Morrison in Paris.

The film caused a deep scandal in Italy for a sodomy scene; the film was sequestered by censorship and officially all the copies were destroyed. An Italian court revoked Bertolucci's civil rights for five years plus it gave him a four-month suspended prison sentence. Many years after, when the general modesty had changed and the censorship commission had been abolished, the film reappeared (because Bertolucci had kept a clandestine copy) and was projected in a slightly censored version.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Marlon Brando) and Best Director.

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1972 films | Films featuring a Best Actor Academy Award nominated performance | Drama films | Films directed by Bernardo Bertolucci | French films | Italian films | Romance films

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