Stealing Beauty (1996)

Director:

Bernardo Bertolucci

Writers:

Bernardo Bertolucci (story)
Susan Minot (writer)

Release Date:

14 June 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The most beautiful place to be is in love.

Plot:

After her mother commits suicide, nineteen year old Lucy Harmon travels to Italy to have her picture painted...

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Italy | Virginity | Travel | Villa

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Carlo Cecchi	...	Carlo Lisca
Sinéad Cusack	...	Diana (as Sinead Cusack)
Joseph Fiennes	...	Christopher
Jason Flemyng	...	Gregory
Anna-Maria Gherardi	...	Chiarella Donati (as Anna Maria Gherardi)
Jeremy Irons	...	Alex
Jean Marais	...	M. Guillaume
Donal McCann	...	Ian
D.W. Moffett	...	Richard
Ignazio Oliva	...	Osvaldo Donati
Stefania Sandrelli	...	Noemi
Francesco Siciliano	...	Michele Lisca
Mary Jo Sorgani	...	Maria
Leonardo Treviglio	...	Lieutenant
Liv Tyler	...	Lucy Harmon
Rebecca Valpy	...	Daisy
Alessandra Vanzi	...	Marta
Rachel Weisz	...	Miranda
Roberto Zibetti	...	Niccoló Donati

Directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bernardo Bertolucci		story
Susan Minot		writer

Produced by
Yves Attal	....	executive producer: UGC Images
Chris Auty	....	associate producer
Jeremy Thomas	....	producer

Original Music by
Richard Hartley

Cinematography by
Darius Khondji

Film Editing by
Pietro Scalia

Casting by
Howard Feuer
Celestia Fox

Production Design by
Gianni Silvestri

Art Direction by
Domenico Sica

Set Decoration by
Cynthia Sleiter		(as Cinzia Sleiter)

Costume Design by
Louise Stjernsward

Makeup Department
Italo Di Pinto	....	assistant hair stylist
Mirella Ginnoto	....	hair stylist
Enrico Jacoponi	....	assistant makeup artist (as Enrico Iacoponi)
Nilo Jacoponi	....	makeup artist (as Nilo Iacoponi)

Production Management
Mario Cotone	....	production supervisor
Pietro Sassaroli	....	unit manager (as Piero Sassaroli)
Michael Saxton	....	post-production supervisor
Attilio Viti	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Serena Canevari	....	first assistant director (as Serena Merlini Canevari)
Pasquale Plastino	....	second assistant director
Silvia Ranfagni	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Antonio Beccarisi	....	construction manager
Rodolfo Calascibetta	....	set dresser
Vito Consoli	....	painter
Galliano Donati	....	plasterer
Goffredo Franceschini	....	carpenter
Diego Maria Giorgetti	....	assistant dresser (as Diego Giorgetti)
Luciano Magagnini	....	set dresser
Roberto Magagnini	....	prop master
Rodolfo Mignacca	....	draper
Franco Pizzonia	....	carpenter (as Francesco Pizzonia)
Cesare Rossiello	....	greensman
Marco Rossiello	....	greensman
Salvatore Saito	....	assistant set decorator
Bruno Schiavi	....	draper
Bernardo Siciliano	....	mural artist
Matthew Spender	....	sculptor

Sound Department
Nick Alexander	....	adr supervisor
Benni Atria	....	dialogue editor
Don Banks	....	boom operator
Michael Billingsley	....	dialogue editor
Alessio Doglione	....	adr editor
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Angelo Raguseo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Federico Savina	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Ivan Sharrock	....	sound mixer
Andrea Lancia	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrizio Amendola	....	electrician
Alessia Bulgari	....	still photographer
Daniele Cafolla	....	electrician
Aldo Colanzi	....	key grip
Vittorio Contino	....	generator operator
Marc Koninckx	....	Steadicam operator
Marc Koninckx	....	camera operator: second unit
Philippe Le Sourd	....	focus puller
Stefano Marino	....	gaffer
Antonio Marra	....	grip
Patrizio Marra	....	grip
Giuseppe Meloni	....	best boy
Peter Mountain	....	still photographer
Angelo Novi	....	still photographer
Nicola Pecorini	....	Steadicam operator
Nicola Pecorini	....	camera operator: second unit
Sebastiano Pino	....	electrician
Piero Quaglietti	....	best boy
Salvatore Ruberto	....	electrician
Marco Santarelli	....	grip
Luciano Teolis	....	clapper loader: second unit
Angelo Tiberti	....	camera grip
Severino Tramontani	....	electrician
Enrico Umetelli	....	camera operator
Riccardo Umetelli	....	second focus puller
Vincenzo Vedovato	....	video operator
Claudio Zamarion	....	clapper loader

Casting Department
Meredith Tucker	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Giorgio Armani	....	wardrobe
Claudio Manzi	....	costume assistant
Maria Antonietta Salvatori	....	wardrobe mistress

Editorial Department
Benni Atria	....	assistant editor: avid
Alessandro Corradi	....	apprentice editor
Carlo La Bella	....	color consultant (as Carlo Labella)
Yvan Lucas	....	color timer (as Ivan Lucas)
Emanuela Lucidi	....	assistant editor
Erika Manoni	....	apprentice editor
Daniele Sordoni	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Peter Afterman	....	music supervisor
Howard Ball	....	orchestral contractor
Chris Dibble	....	music score mixer
Richard Hartley	....	conductor
Jupiter Sen	....	music editor
Elizabeth Wendel	....	associate music supervisor

Transportation Department
Sebastiano Argentino	....	production driver
Nicolas Beaugonin	....	production driver
Attilio Belfiore	....	production driver
Raffaele Bello	....	production driver
Mario Campagna	....	production driver
Sergio Forcina	....	transportation captain
Antonio Lionetti	....	production driver
Pietro Marrocco	....	production driver
Remo Santoro	....	production driver
Giuseppe Serra	....	production driver (as Piergiuseppe Serra)

Other crew
Marco Albertini	....	office production assistant
Maurizio Antonelli	....	caterer
Vittorio Bernardini	....	projectionist
Cicely Berry	....	adr dialogue coach (as Cecily Berry)
Pierina Betti	....	caterer
Nicoletta Billi	....	publicist: Italy
Vanessa Bolton	....	production assistant
Giuseppe Ceci	....	caterer
Jocelyn Cousins	....	assistant to producer
Hazel Crombie	....	production accountant
Sevilla Delofski	....	assistant to producer
Suzanne Durrenberger	....	script supervisor
Antonio Etzi	....	caterer
Franco Fantini	....	production accountant
Dario Fiorentini	....	production assistant
Linda Gamble	....	unit publicist
Fabien Gerard	....	script supervisor
Giuliano Ghiselli	....	crowd marshall: Siena
Marina Grappelli	....	assistant production accountant
Metka Kosak	....	garden/textile designer
Alberto Lardani	....	title designer
Stephan Mallmann	....	business affairs
Loredana Manili	....	production secretary
Daniele Nerenzi	....	production assistant
Attilio Pettirossi	....	caterer
Patrizia Pierucci	....	assistant production accountant
Anna Powell	....	assistant to producer
Michela Prodan	....	dialogue coach
Emanuela Riganelli	....	office production assistant
Andre Ristum	....	production assistant (as André Jemma Ristum)
Elisabetta Doná Delle Rose	....	local production secretary
Fulvio Rossi	....	office production assistant
Olivia Sleiter	....	production coordinator
Antonio Smiraglia	....	caterer
Saskia Spender	....	production assistant
Ron Swinburne	....	financial controller
Giorgio Vigna	....	jewel designer: Miranda's jewels
Attilio Viti	....	location manager
Alessio Doglione	....	dubbing director (uncredited)

Thanks
Clare Peploe	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Fiction
• France 2 Cinéma
• Jeremy Thomas Productions
• Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
• Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)

Distributors

• Atlantis Entertainment (1997) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• Jugendfilm-Verleih (1996) (Germany) (theatrical)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (1996) (France) (theatrical)
• Cecchi Gori Home Video (2001) (Italy) (DVD)
• DVDY Films (France) (DVD)
• Top Tape (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Top Tape (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• United International Pictures (UIP)

Other Companies

• Apple Computer  special thanks
• Avid Technology  editing equipment
• Bang & Olufsen  special thanks
• Barone Ricasoli  special thanks
• C.U.C.I.N.A.  special thanks
• Capitol Records  soundtrack released on
• Cappellini  special thanks
• Ceccotti  special thanks
• Cine Audio Effects  sound effects
• Cinecittà  lighting, grip, video and post-production facilities
• Cinesicurtà  insurances
• Corbett & Keene  international publicity
• Ditta Rancati  set decoration
• Elicomo  helicopter
• Flos S.p.A. (I)  special thanks
• Fontana Arte  special thanks
• GE  audio stock
• Giorgio Armani  clothes
• International Set Lighting  arc lamps
• Kodak Italia  stock
• Miele  special thanks
• Mitsubishi  special thanks
• Penta Studio  titles and opticals
• Pioneer  special thanks
• Rapsel  special thanks
• Rollins Hudig Hall  insurances
• Romana Trasporti  transportation
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Sosta Palmizi  choreography
• Studios CTS  music recorded at
• Studios Lansdonne  music mixed at
• Zumar  avid equipment provided by

Also Known As:

Beauté volée (France)
Dancing by Myself (USA) (alternative title)
Io ballo da sola (Italy)
Beleza Roubada (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Belleza robada (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Çalinmis güzellik (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Gefühl und Verführung (Germany) [de]
Klemmeni omorfia (Greece) [el]
Koskematon kauneus (Finland) [fi]
Laga'at B'Yofee (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Lopott szépség (Hungary) [hu]
Plesem sama (Slovenia) [sl]
Stulen skönhet (Sweden) [sv]
Ukryte pragnienia (Poland) [pl]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity, some drug use and language.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

Italy | France | UK

Language:

English | French | German | Spanish | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Singapore:R21 | Peru:18 | Iceland:12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:III | Italy:T | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Brolio, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy

Company:

Fiction

Trivia:

The three poems we see Lucy (Liv Tyler) compose while in Italy are: - 1. I have her secret deep within for years I've had to hide I've bought the clues And now I'm hope To bring the truth outside - 2. I wait I wait so patiently I'm as quiet as a cup I hope you'll come and rattle me Quick! Come wake me up. - 3. The dye is cast The dice are rolled I feel like shit you look like gold.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Lucy enters the Tuscan Villa for the first time you see a swallow (Hirundo rustica) flying combined with the screeching call of the swift (Apus apus).

Quotes:

Miranda: I decided I had to get rid of it one summer before school. I ended up doing it with the same guy my best friend did it with. He was the local... deflowerer...
Christopher: I remember that guy! Oh Miranda, he was repulsive!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Indie Sex: Teens (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

2 Wicky

America is not ready

When this filmed first came on the scene, there was a lot of critics that downed the intensity of this film... of course their favorite words were pseudoartistic crap. America is not ready for this film. Look at what we embrace in our films: blood, sex, nudity, shock value. America is not ready for a film that sees the attraction towards a 19 year-old as a natural thing. American normalcy sees this as wrong, deceitful, and impure. Bertolucci did not make a film, he reflected humanity through a camera. This film dives into our own psyche seeking the desires to be pure and innocent. Only America would see this as a piece of psycho sexual fantasy into our own pedophiliac desires. Watch it people, there's a substance that you're not used to seeing in everyday flicks.