Bertolucci's Masterpiece about Sex and Politics
Oct 21,1970
nudity | We see a man attempting to seduce a boy. A group of boys are abusing another boy. A nude woman is lying on her stomach in a bed. We see her rear. We see a painting of three nude women. Two of the women have their breasts exposed. The third is seen from the back to the middle of her rear. A man exposes and fondles his wife's breasts as she confesses a long past affair. A woman exposes her breasts to a man. Both are married to other people. A woman is nude as another woman helps her try on new clothes. We see only part of her rear. A nude man lying on his stomach in the shadow is seen looking seductively at another man. There are several other references to sex and sexual abuse in the dialog. |
violence | One man slaps another several times. A boy shoots a man. We see blood on his head. A man threatens with a gun on several occasions. A couple are ambushed. He is stabbed to death. She is shot. We see blood on his sweater and on her face. |
profanity | The S-word is used only once in the subtitles. Otherwise there are a couple of "damns" and a reference to "tits." |
alcohol | Several characters smoke from time to time. A son accuses his mother of trading sex for morphine. A woman gets drunk at dinner and makes a fool of herself at a dance hall. |