Luna (1979)
La Luna
Between a mother and son. Between the delicate boundaries of love.
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.
- Date of release
- 1979-08-29
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (128)
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
Casting
- Jill Clayburgh — Caterina Silveri
- Matthew Barry — Joe Silveri
- Veronica Lazăr — Marina
- Renato Salvatori — Communist
- Fred Gwynne — Douglas Winter
- Alida Valli — Giuseppe's Mother
- Elisabetta Campeti — Arianna
- Franco Citti — Man in Bar
- Roberto Benigni — Upholsterer
- Carlo Verdone — Director of Caracalla
- Peter Eyre — Edward
- Mustapha Barat — Mustafa (as Stéphane Barat)
Interesting facts
La 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.
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