Cast: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Maria Michi, Massimo Girotti, Catherine Allegret; DIRECTED BY: Bernardo Bertolucci; WRITTEN BY: Bernardo Bertolucci; CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Vittorio Storaro; MUSIC BY: Gato Barbieri. PRODUCER: United Artists.
Awards: N.Y. Film Critics 1973: Actor (Brando); Natl. Soc. Film Critics 1973: Actor (Brando).
Review: Brando plays a middle-aged American who meets a French girl and tries to forget his wife's suicide with a short, extremely steamy affair. Bertolucci proves to be a master; Brando gives one of his best performances.
