Main specs
Actor(s): Sinead Cusack, Jeremy Irons, Jean Marais, Donal McCann, D.W. Moffett, Stefania Sandrelli, Liv Tyler, Jason Flemyng, Carlo Cecchi, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Tim Murdock, Joseph Fiennes
Director(s): Bernardo Bertolucci
Genre: Drama
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 1995
Running Time: 1 hour 53 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: A woman takes her teenage daughter, Lucy, on a vacation with a group of Bohemian friends. This summer Lucy discovers the delights of being her own woman.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; Deluxe Video Service - Fox
Release date: 21/06/2004
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 04114 DVD
Barcode: 5039036012133
Music Director: Richard Hartley
Screenwriter: Susan Minot
Composer: Richard Hartley
Director of Photography: Darius Khondji
Music: Richard Hartley
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DVD Description
When 19-year-old Lucy Harmon (Liv Tyler) arrives in Tuscany, wondering about her mother (a recent suicide) and still nursing a crush on Niccolo, the local playboy she met on a visit four years earlier, everyone sits up and takes notice--especially director Bernardo Bertolucci, who trains his camera on the ingenue with understandable enthusiasm. The Graysons, who own the artists' colony and villa where Lucy's mother once wrote poetry, take the young girl in, and their guests enjoy the infusion of youth. Perhaps most deeply affected is Alex Parrish (Jeremy Irons), a terminally ill writer who finds Lucy charming and vital. Before such attentions, Lucy's interest in Niccolo quickly fades, replaced by an unexpected mystery regarding the identity of her father and a possible new love. And in a further attempt to understand her mother, Lucy writes light little poems as well. (Bertolucci has her words appear on the screen as she scribbles.) In fact, everything seems light in lush and lovely Tuscany, which provides a gorgeous setting for the gifted ensemble to play out their intrigues.
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