Besieged
Touched by Genius. Cursed by Madness. Blinded by Love.
From acclaimed director Bernardo Betolucci (The Last Emperor, Last Tango in Paris) comes a breathtaking film rich in passion, desire and intrigue.
Shadurai (Thandie Newton; Beloved, Mission Impossible 2) is running from her past. After her husband is arrested for anti-government demonstrations in Africa, she flees to an enchanting villa in Rome where she gains employment working for an eccentric recluse Mr. Kinsky (David Thewlis; Seven Years in Tibet, The Island of Dr. Moreau).
Kinsky soon becomes obsessed with Shandurai and the two find themselves in a web of attraction and denial, of awakening and discovery. But in exchange for her love, Shandurai asks one request of Kinsky - a request so powerful it means he would ask himself the ultimate question, "How far would you go for passion?"
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Kept on Waiting For Something to Happen - Delacroix
This movie was neat as it was done quite differently from other movies. I expected so much more. Overall it was boring, frustrating and I always felt like I was waiting for something to happen. I can't believe they made a movie this where nothing really happens and characters move in and out from the two main characters and yet nothing happens. I was disappointed.Visually complex - moviefan78
Besieged, like so many other films by its director, Bernardo Bertolucci, is dramatically simple and visually complex. More than any other director working today, Bertolucci is a story-teller in pictures, which makes for striking and memorable images that are forever bursting out of their contexts and becoming saucily incoherent, at least in any kind of traditional, joined-up way that might expect the story-line to remain a line and not a random collection of points. His style makes it remarkable that Besieged has as much of a story as it has.
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Kept on Waiting For Something to Happen - Delacroix
This movie was neat as it was done quite differently from other movies. I expected so much more. Overall it was boring, frustrating and I always felt like I was waiting for something to happen. I can't believe they made a movie this where nothing really happens ...Visually complex - moviefan78
Besieged, like so many other films by its director, Bernardo Bertolucci, is dramatically simple and visually complex. More than any other director working today, Bertolucci is a story-teller in pictures, which makes for striking and memorable images that are ...