Besieged

Besieged
by Bernardo Bertolucci

Besieged
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Actor: Claudio Santamaria, David Thewlis, John C. Ojwang, Massimo De Rossi, Thandie Newton
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Brand: NEW Line Home Video
Cinematographer: Fabio Cianchetti
Writer: Bernardo Bertolucci
Editor: Jacopo Quadri
Producer: Clare Peploe
Writer: Clare Peploe
Producer: Massimo Cortesi
Writer: James Lasdun
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-12-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video

Summary of Besieged

BESIEGED - DVD Movie
Two disparate worlds come together in thoroughly unexpected ways in this intriguing film directed by Academy Award winner Bernardo Bertolucci. The opening sequence, in an impoverished, unnamed African dictatorship, is painfully intense: we watch in horror as the movie's heroine, Shandurai (serenely beautiful Thandie Newton), witnesses the brutal arrest of her husband, a rebellious reformer. Then suddenly we are transported to Rome, where Shandurai is studying medicine and cleaning house for a reclusive, wealthy pianist, Mr. Kinsky (David Thewlis). Knowing nothing of her past, Kinsky falls hopelessly in love with Shandurai. She finds his clumsy courtship insulting, especially in contrast to the heavy load she's borne in her life. But it gradually becomes clear Shandurai has sorely underestimated Mr. Kinsky.

This is a film by a true master of moviemaking craft, who refuses to spell things out or bludgeon the audience with a message. The story builds almost imperceptibly, with an accumulation of details, striking visual imagery, and a haunting soundtrack, in which classical piano, African music, and silence are all used to powerful effect. A tantalizing erotic undercurrent bubbles to the surface as the narrative takes the story in directions both unpredictable and captivating. --Laura Mirsky

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