La Luna
Movie Details:
| Also known as | Luna |
| Country | Italy, United States |
| Language | English |
| Genres | Drama |
| Release date | September 30, 1979 |
| Running time | 2hr 22min |
| Age rating | R |
| Starring | Jill Clayburgh Matthew Barry Veronica Lazar Renato Salvatori Tomas Milian |
| Directed by | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Story by | Franco Arcalli Giuseppe Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Screenplay by | Giuseppe Bertolucci Clare Peploe Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Produced by | Giovanni Bertolucci |
| Cinematography by | Vittorio Storaro |
| Edited by | Gabriella Cristiani |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone Giuseppe Verdi |
| Production Company | 20th Century-Fox Fiction Cinematografica |
| Distributor | 20th Century-Fox |
| Budget | $5 million |
Cast & Characters:
- Jill Clayburgh as Caterina Silveri
- Matthew Barry as Joe Silveri
- Tomas Milian as Giuseppe
- Fred Gwynne as Douglas Winter
- Veronica Lazar as Marina
- Renato Salvatori as Communist
- Alida Valli as Giuseppe’s mother
- Elisabetta Campeti as Arianna
- Franco Citti as Barfly
- Roberto Benigni as Upholsterer
- Carlo Verdone as ‘Caracalla’ Director
- Peter Eyre as Edward
- Mustapha Barat as Mustafa
- Rodolfo Lodi as Giancarlo Calo
- Sara Di Nepi as Concetta
- Laura Betti as Ludovica (uncredited)
Storyline:
Recently widowed American opera diva Caterina takes her teenage son Joe with her on a long concert tour in Italy. Absorbed in her hectic work in various Verdi operas around Rome, Caterina is shocked to discover that her troubled, 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, and maybe herself, with his real father, whose existence she has kept secret from him.
About Movie:
La Luna (released in the United States as Luna) is a 1979 drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci from a screenplay co-written with his brother Giuseppe and wife Clare Peploe. The film concerns the troubled life of a teenage boy and his relationship with his parents, including an incestuous relationship with his opera singer mother. It stars Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Tomas Milian, Fred Gwynne, Veronica Lazăr, and Alida Valli.
An Italian-American co-production, La Luna was released by 20th Century-Fox on August 29, 1979. It received mixed reviews from critics, though Jill Clayburgh’s performance was widely praised, earning her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.
The film is dedicated to Bertolucci’s oft-collaborator Franco Arcalli, who died of cancer during pre-production.