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Besieged (1998)
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
“Touched by Genius. Cursed by Madness. Blinded by Love.”
Drama, Romance · 1h 33m
While in exile in Italy, an African woman finds herself trying to get back home and free her imprisoned husband. But the only man that can help her do so is in love with her.
Cast
Thandiwe Newton
Shandurai
David Thewlis
Jason Kinsky
Claudio Santamaria
Agostino
J
John C. Ojwang
Singer
Massimo De Rossi
Patient
Veronica Lazăr
Piano Buyer
P
Paul Osul
Piano Buyer
G
Gianfranco Mazzoni
Piano Buyer
M
Maria Mazetti Di Pietralata
Piano Buyer
Cyril Nri
Priest
A
Andrea Quercia
Child Pianist at Concert
Elena Perino
Child at concert
Crew
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Writer
- Clare Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci
- Director of Photography
- Fabio Cianchetti
- Original Music Composer
- Alessio Vlad
- Editor
- Jacopo Quadri
- Producer
- Massimo Cortesi
Details
- Original title
- L'assedio
- Release date
- 1998-02-05
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian, Swahili, Hungarian
- Countries
- Italy, United Kingdom
- Production
- Fiction, Navert Film, Mediaset, BBC Film