1979 · drama
La Luna (Bertolucci)
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci2h 22m1979
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.
Our read: La Luna (Bertolucci) (1979) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- bleak
- signature
- intimate
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