'Last Tango in Paris' and Maria Schneider’s Tragic Fate

Bélinda Ibrahim, 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The Last Tango in Paris was born from a fantasy by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci. He had imagined meeting a stranger on the street and having a sexual encounter with her, without ever knowing her identity. This idea became the foundation of the script he developed with his friend Franco Arcalli. Initially, Dominique Sanda was cast in the ...