Bernardo Bertolucci

For Jack, From Hell (2024)

A monologue about Jack The Ripper and his heritage. ...

Grandmother's Footsteps (2023)

Expecting her first child and questioning how to align motherhood with being an artist, Lola begins a dialogue with her grandmother Cloclo, a landscape painter, aesthetic nomad and free spirit. Lola decides to follow in her footsteps and return to Greece t ...

Ennio (2022)

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores. ...

We Are Cinema (2021)

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema. ...

Marco Melani: The Man with the Golden Eye (2021)

"The Man With The Golden Eye" tells the extraordinary figure of Marco Melani through a live projection of materials collected in over ten years of research. Found footage, unpublished interviews with cinema and television personalities, fragments of films, ...

The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo (2021)

The life of the legendary Italian photojournalist Paolo Di Paolo through his photographs, which capture the essence of a fascinating and turbulent Italy, the one inhabited by Anna Magnani and Pier Paolo Pasolini, a country that no longer exists. ...

Opera Prima (2021)

Opera Prima is a tribute and a journey through the evolution that cinema has had in Italy. Tayu Vlietstra, a pupil of Bertolucci, carries out an investigation on the first work of six of the most authoritative and beloved Italian directors. The result is ...

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words (2021)

A complete and never-before-seen portrait of the life of a young girl from Pula (Istria) who quickly became one of the most famous and beloved actresses of Italian and international cinema, told through the words of her unpublished letters and diaries, pho ...

Glauber, Claro (2020)

A deep dive into Glauber Rocha's years exiled in Italy in the 70s. Through a collection of interviews and archives, the movie shows the making of his film Claro (1975) and his relation with European auteurs in their filmic and political views. ...

Cinecittà - I mestieri del cinema Bernardo Bertolucci (2019)

The last interview of Bernardo Bertolucci who recalls his work with precision, delicacy and philosophy. ...

Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life (2018)

"A future historian, if he or she is honest, will feel a legitimate need to place the decade 1968 to 1978 alongside the great events that changed the world, such as the French and Russian Revolutions". This was the guiding idea to which we entrusted, with ...

Plankton Salesmen (2017)

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in Russia in the early 2000s. The story of the company Cinema Without Borders and its two founders, Sam Klebanov and Anton Mazurov. ...

Evviva Giuseppe (2017)

The life and work of Giuseppe Bertolucci, as told by his father and brother, friends and colleagues. ...

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (2017)

An account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey through the great moments of cinema, from Italian neorealism to the masterpieces of Woody Allen. ...

Bernardo Bertolucci, le dernier empereur du cinema (2017)

Cinque mondi (2016)

Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Gabriele Salvatores, Paolo Sorrentino and Giuseppe Tornatore talk about their idea of cinema. ...

Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti (2016)

Lorenza Mazzetti's extraordinary life story touches many points in twentieth century history. The adopted daughter of the Einstein family emigrated to London in the 1950s and applied to the Slade School of Fine Art with the reason "Because I'm a genius!" M ...

Porn to Be Free (2016)

Italy, 1970. An increasing legion of harmless warriors begins a peaceful struggle for sexual freedom through pornography, shaking and shocking religious authorities and conservative political institutions. They are ironic, happy, crazy. They are dreamers, ...

Filmstudio, mon amour (2015)

Rubando Bellezza (2015)

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014)

In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb acting skills made him truly unique, so that the doors to the starry sky of Hollywood opened for him. Howe ...

Henri Langlois vu par... (2014)

Thirteen filmmakers share personal reflections on Henri Langlois—the visionary founder of the Cinémathèque Française—recounting his influence on their lives, his role in preserving film history, and his enduring impact on world cinema. ...

Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema (2014)

The relations between Parma and cinema were so strong for almost the whole of the twentieth century that this city became an early laboratory of ideas and theories on cinema and a set chosen by some of the greatest Italian authors and beyond. Furthermore, ...

Pasolini, la passion de Rome (2014)

For Pasolini, Rome is neither just a simple setting or a place to live. Rome had a physical, carnal and passionate existence for the man and the poet. ...

Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare (2013)

Bertolucci par Bertolucci : Leçon de cinéma (2013)

We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism (2013)

This short film tells the story of the most important cinema trend that Italy has ever produced - Neo Realism. Born after the Second World War, this veritable cultural revolution rapidly became a boundless source of inspiration for movie-makers throughout ...

Bertolucci on Bertolucci (2013)

Documentary on the life and work of legendary director Bernardo Bertolucci, using filmed interviews he has given over the last 50 years. ...

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema. ...

Seduced and Abandoned (2013)

SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their next feature film. Moving from director to financier to star actor, the two pla ...

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open (2013)

The American composer and author Paul Bowles was a man with a great deal of charisma and influence. When he moved to Tangier, Morocco, in 1949, half the world followed him to the enigmatic city. His marriage with author Jane Bowles was a loving relationshi ...

Sedia Elettrica: il making of del film Io e Te (2012)

Making of documentary of Bernardo Bertolucci's Io e Te. ...

Laura's Passion (2011)

A portrait of Laura Betti with archival footage and stories of friends: Bernardo Bertolucci remembers Laura in "Novecento" and in a lost sequence of "Last Tango in Paris", Giacomo Marramao and Walter Siti dwell on the relationship with Pier Paolo Pasolini, ...

In the Shade of the Conformist (2011)

In this visual essay, renowned film critic and historian Adriano Apra takes a closer look at Bernardo Bertolucci's work with Pier Paolo Pasolini on La Commare Secca and discusses its poetic qualities and visual style; Before the Revolution, which was inspi ...

Kurosawa's Way (2011)

Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work. ...

Portrait Of My Father (2010)

A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back on the life work of her father. ...

… But Film Is My Mistress (2010)

Guided by Liv Ullmann and with commentaries from a number of prominent filmmakers for whom Bergman is and remains an important influence - such as Woody Allen, Olivier Assayas, Bernardo Bertolucci, Arnaud Desplechin, John Sayles, Martin Scorsese and Lars v ...

What Do You Know About Me (2009)

Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline, the flight of our greatest producers, a crisis among the best writer-directors, the collapse of production. ...

Great Directors (2009)

Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film documents Ismai ...

Filmmakers in Action (2006)

What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status in different countries? (Sequel to "Filmmakers vs. Tycoons. ...

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005)

A documentary on the director's career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers. ...

Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris (2004)

A behind the scenes look at Bernardo Bertolucci's classic film about the dark side of the sexual revolution: Last Tango in Paris, starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider. ...

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio (2004)

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’ (2004)

The making of The Dreamers, its background and relation to the May 1968 student riots in Paris. ...

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto (2004)

Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them. ...

An Opera of Violence (2003)

First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Followed by The Wages of Sin. ...

Something to Do with Death (2003)

Third part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Preceded by The Wages of Sin. ...

Chaplin Today: Limelight (2003)

A short documentary about the making of Chaplin's "Limelight. ...

Cesare Zavattini (2003)

Documentary about Italian film screenwriter Cesare Zavattini ...

Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema? (2002)

It is a chronological compilation of film clips, awards ceremonies and brief period interviews gathered by journalist Sandro Lai. ...

Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story (2002)

A revealing look at the great Quebecois director who gave us such classic films as Mon Oncle Antoine, A toute prendre and Kamouraska: Power of Passion. Amidst the rise of French-Canadian identity and the political struggles of the '60s, Jutra was at the fo ...

Salò: Fade to Black (2001)

A short documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'. ...

Kiarostami in Close up (2000)

A documentary that focuses on Abbas Kiarostami's cinematic philosophy talking to himself and other figures, and also seeks the opinion about his works both inside and outside his homeland. ...

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999)

A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa. ...

Playboy: The Story of X (1998)

The Story of X takes you to the earliest days of adult films when men peddled stag reels and projectors out of the trunks of their cars, then through the movie house years to the arrival of the home video business, and now the Internet. Meet the men behind ...

Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo (1997)

Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini. ...

Empire of the Censors (1995)

The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain. ...

The True Life of Antonio H. (1994)

This film depicts a series of landmark events in the life of hapless thespian Antonio Hutter (Alessandro Haber), the unfortunate fictional alter-ego of legendary actor Alessandro Haber. This surreal faux-biography begins with Hutter's birth in Bologna, Ita ...

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II (1993)

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir. ...

The Ditvoorst Domains (1992)

Documentary about the Dutch film director Adriaan Ditvoorst. ...

Golem, the Spirit of Exile (1992)

An allegory of the Golem, a Jewish mythical creature personifying displacement and exile, this film tells the story of a woman (similar to the biblical Ruth) and her sisters, who are forced into exile after the death of their husbands. It is set in 1990s P ...

Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro (1992)

Documentary about Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer of Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor, Reds, Il Confimista, 1900. Vittorio Storaro talks about his work, along with collaborators like Warren Beatty and Bernardo Bertolucci and peers like Nestor Almendros. ...

Pictures of Europe (1990)

What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce's feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences between American independent and Hollywood movies and films from European directors. ...

Face to Face: Bernardo Bertolucci (1989)

Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci is interviewed on the British television series about his film "The Last Emperor. ...

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' (1988)

Documentary about the making of the film first presented on the British television series "The South Bank Show". ...

Bernardo Bertolucci: The Italian Traveler (1987)

Documentary about Bernardo Bertolucci, and his film The Last Emperor, tracing the director's geographic influences, from Parma to China. ...

Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese Adventure (1986)

Documentary about the making of Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor. ...

Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die (1981)

Philo Bregstein tells us this film looks at Pasolini's life and art to explain why he died. The film traces Pasolini's life chronologically - family roots, hiding during World War II, teaching, moving to Rome, being arrested and acquitted many times, publi ...

Journey Through History (1977)

A journey through history ...

The Cinema According to Bertolucci (1976)

Documentary on the filming of Novecento by Bernardo Bertolucci ...

Abicinema (1975)

Henri Langlois vu par... (2014)

Thirteen filmmakers share personal reflections on Henri Langlois—the visionary founder of the Cinémathèque Française—recounting his influence on their lives, his role in preserving film history, and his enduring impact on world cinema. ...

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema. ...

Me & You (2012)

An introverted teenager tells his parents he is going on a ski trip, but instead spends his time alone in his mom's basement. But things didn't go as planned after his half sister joins him. ...

Behind Love and Anger (2005)

Documentary about the anthology film Love and Anger (1969) with interviews with Carlo Lizzani (director of the segment "L'indifferenza"), Marco Bellocchio (director of the segment "Discutiamo, discussamo"), Maurizio Ponzi (assistant director of the segment ...

The Dreamers (2003)

When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible. ...

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)

Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a child; a four split scene short involving plot-less images of old people with television sets for heads, a beautiful woman having sex, and ...

Histoire d'eaux (2002)

A group of Indian illegal immigrants are unloaded from a truck in the Lazio countryside. Among them, a young man and an old man. The latter, exhausted, stops under a tree and asks the young man to bring him some water. Narada – the young man – goes dow ...

The Triumph of Love (2001)

A princess is determined to restore her homeland's throne to its rightful heir, a young prince with whom she falls in love. ...

Besieged (1998)

While in exile in Italy, an African woman finds herself trying to get back home and free her imprisoned husband. But the only man that can help her do so is in love with her. ...

Bahia de Todos os Sambas (1996)

Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brought together artists from Bahia. This film brings a recording of the event, also featuring backstage, rehearsals, testimonies and some relaxing moments of t ...

Stealing Beauty (1996)

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reac ...

Little Buddha (1993)

After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children — one American and two Nepalese — who may be the rebirth of their great teacher. ...

The Sheltering Sky (1990)

An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa. ...

12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989)

Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities. ...

Bologna (1989)

Children play hide in seek in the city of Bologna ...

The Last Emperor (1987)

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the ...

Postcards from China (1985)

Images from China of the last century, simply urban and agricultural. ...

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)

A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party. ...

Io con te non ci sto più (1983)

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)

The son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped, but as the factory is on the verge of bankruptcy the owner hatches a plan to use the ransom money as reinvestment in the factory. ...

Luna (1979)

While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction. ...

1900 (1976)

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides. ...

Il silenzio è complicità (1976)

Last Tango in Paris (1972)

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman. ...

L'inchiesta (1971)

The events of Giuliano Sartori, correspondent from Genoa for a newspaper in the capital, involved in a complicated investigation set in a psychiatric clinic. Not a simple Italian thriller but a "Russian doll", an open story with different levels of reading ...

Health Is Ill (1971)

The Conformist (1971)

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident. ...

The Spider's Stratagem (1970)

A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds ...

Love and Anger (1969)

Five short stories with contemporary settings. In New York, people are indifferent to derelicts sleeping on sidewalks, to a woman's assault in front of an apartment building, and to a couple injured in a car crash. A man, stripped of his identity, dies in ...

His Day of Glory (1969)

Alerted by an informer, the police suppress an ideological uprising, causing the death of one of the participants. The traitor, in order to redeem himself in the eyes of his comrades, pushes them towards a terrorist action. But, once again, at the last mom ...

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life. ...

Partner (1968)

The story of a young man who meets his own likeness and uses him to fulfill his dreams. ...

The Path of Oil (1967)

La Via del Petrolio is a three-part documentary Bernardo Bertolucci made for the Italian oil giant ENI that aired in 1967. The film was made following Bertolucci's breakthrough second feature Before the Revolution, and the director has said that it's a doc ...

Il canale (1966)

Before the Revolution (1964)

The study of a youth on the edge of adulthood and his aunt, ten years older. Fabrizio is passionate, idealistic, influenced by Cesare, a teacher and Marxist, engaged to the lovely but bourgeois Clelia, and stung by the drowning of his mercurial friend Agos ...

La Commare Secca (1962)

Roman police detectives interrogate a series of potential perpetrators in their struggle to determine whom to arrest for the brutal murder of a beautiful prostitute whose body is discovered in a park on the day of a torrential rainstorm. One by one, the pr ...

Accattone (1961)

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison. ...

The Death of a Pig (1956)

Small semi-documentary exercise on the traditional slaughter of the pig in the countryside shot with the usual Paillard-Bolex in the courtyard of the family farmhouse of Baccanelli. ...

La teleferica (1956)

Italian short movie now lost. ...