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Besieged(Movie, 1998)

Original title: "L'assedio" (Italian/IT)
1h 33min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love
BesiegedRating: 3.4/5 (with 2727 votes)
Besieged (Italian title: L'assedio) is a 1998 film by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Thandie Newton and David Thewlis. The film is based on the short story "The Siege" by James Lasdun and was supposed to be a 60-minute teleplay until Bertolucci chose to expand it. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Besieged

David di Donatello for Best Director

About Besieged

When an African dictator jails her husband, Shandurai goes into exile in Italy, studying medicine and keeping house for Mr. Kinsky, an eccentric English pianist and composer. She lives in one room of his Roman palazzo. He besieges her with flowers, gifts, and music, declaring passionately that he loves her, would go to Africa with her, would do anything for her. "What do you know of Africa?," she asks, then, in anguish, shouts, "Get my husband out of jail!" The rest of the film plays out the implications of this scene and leaves Shandurai with a choice.

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Besieged Trailer 1998(Trailer, 0:32)

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Additional Information

Production countries: United Kingdom (UK), Italy
Plays in: Rome
Original language: Italian (IT)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Swahili (SW)
Translated into 15 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 02/05/1998
Film Editor: Jacopo Quadri
Director of Photography: Fabio Cianchetti
Production Designer: Gianni Silvestri
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Cautivos del amor"
Keywords: composer, pianist, jail, love

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