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The Sheltering Sky

1990 · 138 min

A slow, sun-scorched descent into alienation and madness, beautiful and oppressive, leaving you hollowed out and unsettled.

Genres
Drama, Adventure
Tagline
A woman's dangerous and erotic journey...
Overview
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • madness
  • death
Places
  • wilderness
  • road trip
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama, adventure
Directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci
Written by
Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe
Starring
Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett, Timothy Spall, Eric Vu-An, Amina Annabi, Philippe Morier-Genoud
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Cinematography
Vittorio Storaro
Runtime
138 min
Country
Italy, United Kingdom
Languages
Arabic, English, French

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