THE SIEGE
synopsis
The story of a woman who flees Africa after a dictator puts her husband in jail and moves to Italy to work for an eccentric Italian pianist, who comes to fall in love with her.
international title: | Besieged |
original title: | Besieged |
country: | Italy, United Kingdom |
year: | 1998 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Berdardo Bertolucci |
film run: | 93' |
release date: | IT 05/02/1999 |
screenplay: | James Lasdun, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clare Peploe |
cast: | Thandie Newton, David Thewlis, Claudio Santamaria, John Ojwang, Massimo De Rossi, Cyril Nri, Paul Osul, Veronica Lazar |
cinematography by: | Fabio Cianchetti |
film editing: | Jacopo Quadri |
art director: | Cynthia Sleiter |
costumes designer: | Metka Kosak |
music: | Alessio Vlad |
producer: | Massimo Cortesi |
production: | Fiction, BBC Films |
distributor: | Polyfilm Verleih, Alamode Film, Best Film |