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The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mark Peploe and Paul Bowles. Produced by Jeremy Thomas, the movie stars Debra Winger, John Malkovich, and Campbell Scott, with Paul Bowles also appearing in the cast. The narrative follows an American couple drifting toward emptiness in postwar North Africa, specifically set in the Sahara during the 1940s. The film explores themes of travel, marriage, and liberty.
The production involved composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, and costume designer James Acheson. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, with a runtime of 138 minutes. The film holds an IMDb rating of 6.7 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 45%. It won one BAFTA Award and received nine wins and eight nominations in total. The budget was 25,000,000, while the revenue reached 2,075,084.
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6.5An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
Cast
- Debra Winger as Kit
- John Malkovich as Port
- Campbell Scott as Tunner
- Jill Bennett as Mrs. Lyle
- Timothy Spall as Eric Lyle
- Eric Vu-An as Belqassim
Themes
- adultery
- africa
- sahara desert
- extramarital affair
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
14,579 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
45%
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 BAFTA Award9 wins & 8 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- French
- Based on
- The Sheltering Sky
- Main subject
- liberty
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Screenwriter
- Paul Bowles
- Composer
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Producer
- Jeremy Thomas
- Cinematographer
- Vittorio Storaro
- Narrative location
- Sahara
- Duration
- 140
- FilmAffinity ID
- 623419
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1990-10-25
- film editor
- Gabriella Cristiani
- title
- The Sheltering Sky
- after a work by
- Paul Bowles
- costume designer
- James Acheson
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in period
- 1940s
- set in environment
- desert
- review score
- 45%
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