Recently widowed American opera diva Caterina takes her teenaged son Joe with her on a long singing tour to Italy. Absorbed in her hectic work in various Verdi operas around Rome, Caterina is soon shocked to discover that her troubled and lonely son has become a heroin addict. Her desperate attempts to wean the youth off the .. Read more
| Starring | Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar, Rentao Salvatori |
|---|---|
| Director | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Genres | Drama |
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Recently widowed American opera diva Caterina takes her teenaged son Joe with her on a long singing tour to Italy. Absorbed in her hectic work in various Verdi operas around Rome, Caterina is soon shocked to discover that her troubled and lonely son has become a heroin addict. Her desperate attempts to wean the youth off the drug result in an incestuous relationship, but also in a possibility to reunite Joe - maybe even herself - with his real father, whose existence she has kept a secret from him.
| Starring | Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar, Rentao Salvatori, Fred Gwynne, Roberto Benigni, Alida Valli, Tomas Milian |
|---|---|
| Director | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Studio | FUTUREFILM |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 22 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1979 To Rent: DVD: not available |
An Oedipal parable, in which Matthew Barry's young junkie falls in love with his opera-singer mother (Clayburgh).... read more on Time Out
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