![]() ![]() Laura Betti ( scenes deleted) as Miss Blandish.Michel Delahaye ( scenes deleted) as the Bible salesman. ![]() Stéphane Koziak as the short furniture mover.Gérard Lepennec as the tall furniture mover.Mimi Pinson as the President of Tango jury. ![]() Ramón Mendizábal as the Tango orchestra leader.Armand Abplanalp as the prostitute's client.Veronica Lazăr as Rosa, Paul's deceased wife.Marie-Hélène Breillat as Monique, a dressmaker.Catherine Breillat as Mouchette, a dressmaker.Peter Schommer as the TV assistant cameraman.Luce Marquand as Olympia, Jeanne's former childhood nurse.Catherine Allégret as Catherine, a maid at Paul and Rosa's hotel.Giovanna Galletti as the prostitute, an old acquaintance of Rosa.Massimo Girotti as Marcel, Rosa's former lover.Jean-Pierre Léaud as Thomas, a film director and Jeanne's fiancé.Maria Schneider as Jeanne, a young Parisian woman.Marlon Brando as Paul, an American expatriate and hotel owner.As Paul dies, Jeanne, dazed, mutters to herself that he was just a stranger who tried to rape her and she did not know who he was, as if in a rehearsal preparing herself for questioning by the police. Paul staggers out onto the balcony, mortally wounded, and collapses. He mocks her for running away from him, followed by him saying he loves her and wants to know her name. Despite her threats to call the police, he chases her all the way back to her building and forces his way into her apartment. While running, she continually yells at him to go away and tells him that their relationship is over. Paul, not wanting to let Jeanne go, chases her through the streets of Paris. She tells Paul she does not want to see him again. The loss of anonymity disillusions Jeanne about their relationship. As he tells his life story, they walk into a tango bar, where he continues telling her about himself. He tells her of the recent tragedy of his wife. Paul later meets Jeanne on the street and says he wants to renew the relationship. The affair continues for some time until Paul decides to leave Jeanne, after which she arrives at the apartment and finds that he has packed up and left without warning. Despite this, she tells him that she tries to leave him, but can't bring herself to do it. At one point in their relationship, he rapes her. He insists that they not share any personal information, even given names, much to Jeanne's dismay. Paul takes the apartment after they begin an anonymous sexual relationship there. Paul, a middle-aged American hotel owner mourning the suicide of his wife Rosa, meets a young, engaged Parisian woman named Jeanne at an apartment that both are interested in renting. In 1997, after the film became part of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library, the film was reclassified as NC-17. United Artists Classics released an R-rated cut in 1981. ![]() Upon release in the United States, the MPAA gave the film an X rating. The film's raw portrayal of sexual violence and emotional turmoil led to international controversy and drew various levels of government censorship in different jurisdictions. theatrical release, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 1973. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 14, 1972, and grossed $36 million in its U.S. The film stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider and Jean-Pierre Léaud, and portrays a recently widowed American who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman. Last Tango in Paris ( Italian: Ultimo tango a Parigi French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. ![]()
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