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Last Tango in Paris
1972
· Movie
· 129 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2636
- IMDb #2691
- Rotten Tomatoes #1813
- Metacritic #1556
- Letterboxd #3570
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1988
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2161
- Metacritic Audience #3099
- Criticker #1064
- Kinopoisk #1414
- AlloCiné #3438
- Trakt #4445
Every rating
57–81
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 81. Critics average 79, everyone else 66.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young woman about to be married meets a middle-aged American widower in a vacant Paris apartment. They agree to meet there regularly for a purely physical relationship with one rule: no personal details about their lives outside. Their raw, anonymous encounters become a violent and passionate escape from their personal grief and disillusionment.
Details
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Writers
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Arcalli
- Studio
- Les Productions Artistes Associés, PEA
- Released
- 15 December 1972
- Country
- France, Italy
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- NC-17
- Budget
- $1.2M
- Box office
- $36.2M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →3 wins from 9 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Best Actor 1974 | Best Actor | Marlon Brando | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role 1974 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Marlon Brando | Nominee |
| Best Director 1974 | Best Director | Bernardo Bertolucci | Nominee |
| Best Instrumental Composition 1974 | Best Instrumental Composition | Gato Barbieri (for "Theme from Last Tango in Paris ") | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama 1974 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Last Tango in Paris | Nominee |
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 1974 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Gato Barbieri | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film 1974 | Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film | Bernardo Bertolucci | Nominee |
| Best Director 1973 | Best Director | Bernardo Bertolucci | Winner |
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9 awards — Last Tango in Paris
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Best Director
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Bernardo Bertolucci | Winner |
| Best Director | Bernardo Bertolucci | Nominee |
Best Instrumental Composition
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Instrumental Composition | Gato Barbieri (for "Theme from Last Tango in Paris ") | Winner |
Special David
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special David | Maria Schneider | Winner |
Best Actor
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Marlon Brando | Nominee |
Best Actor in a Leading Role
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Marlon Brando | Nominee |
Best Motion Picture – Drama
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Last Tango in Paris | Nominee |
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
1 nomination
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Gato Barbieri | Nominee |
Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film | Bernardo Bertolucci | Nominee |