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Last Tango in Paris

When you see a love story, it's only a movie. When you feel it with every nerve in your body, it's a masterpiece.

1972 · 2h 9m · NC-17 Drama, Romance
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

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Overview

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

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81%
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Rotten

An uneven, convoluted, certainly dispute-provoking study of sexual passion in which Marlon Brando gives a truly remarkable performance.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

The operatic extravagance of Bernardo Bertolucci's style has emerged more clearly since this 1972 drama, which still managed to seem vaguely naturalistic in the midst of its extravagant camera moves and eccentric construction.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

It's Brando's film: his monologues devastate.

Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh

The movie is sad, but it's also hugely funny, occasionally when it doesn't mean to be.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh

The look, feel and sound of the film are evocative.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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