The Sheltering Sky(Movie, 1990)

Name: The Sheltering Sky
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 1990
Duration: T02:18:00
Rating: 3.3

| 2h 18min | Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 109 votes)

The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. The film is based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Paul Bowles (who appears in a cameo role) about a couple who journey to North Africa in the hopes of rekindling their marriage but soon fall prey to the dangers that surround them. The story culminates with the man falling severely ill in a very remote area of the Sahara desert, from where the events turn catastrophic. ()

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Available languages: English
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About The Sheltering Sky

An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.

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Production countries: United Kingdom (UK), Italy

Plays in: Sahara

Based on the work of: Paul Bowles ("The Sheltering Sky")

Made by: Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Aldrich Group, Film Trustees Ltd., TAO Film

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: Arabic (AR), English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 20 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovenian (SL), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/30/1990 (World premiere: 10/24/1990)

Cast: Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Paul Bowles, Timothy Spall, Nicoletta Braschi, Amina Annabi, Éric Vu-An, Jill Bennett, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Sotigui Kouyaté, Tom Novembre, Veronica Lazăr, Carolyn De Fonseca

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

Producer: Jeremy Thomas

Screenwriter: Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe, Paul Bowles

Film Editor: Gabriella Cristiani

Director of Photography: Vittorio Storaro

Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto

Costume designer: James Acheson

Production Designer: Gianni Silvestri

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Pod pokrovom nebes"

Keywords: extramarital affair, adultery, sahara desert, africa

Budget: 25,000,000 USD

Revenue: 2,075,084 USD (= 8%)

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The Sheltering Sky(Movie, 1990)

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