La Luna (1979 film)
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La Luna (1979 film)
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La Luna
Lunaposter1.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Produced by Giovanni Bertolucci
Written by Bernardo Bertolucci
Franco Arcalli
Starring Jill Clayburgh
Matthew Barry
Renato Salvatori
Alida Valli
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography Vittorio Storaro
Editing by Gabriella Cristiani
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) September 30, 1979
Running time 142 minutes
Country Italy
Language English
Budget $5 million[1]
Box office $68,204,193
This article is about the film by Bertolucci. For other uses, see La Luna (disambiguation).
La Luna, also known as Luna, is a 1979 Italian film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Jill Clayburgh. The film concerns the troubled life of a teenage boy and his relationship with his parents, including an incestuous relationship with his mother.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links
Plot[edit]
Joe (Matthew Barry) is the son of famous opera singer Caterina Silveri (Jill Clayburgh). While Joe believes that Caterina's husband, Douglas Winter (Fred Gwynne), is his biological father, the truth is that he was sired by Caterina's former lover, who is now living in Italy and working as a schoolteacher. Joe is moody and rebellious and needs a strong father figure to guide him and keep him in line, but Douglas is ineffectual and emotionally weak, and when Joe witnesses the sudden death of Douglas, it sends him over the edge. In hopes of boosting her singing career, which has fallen into a rut, Caterina decides to move to Italy with her son. There, Joe falls in with a dangerous crowd and becomes addicted to heroin.
Caterina is heartbroken and hopes to lure her son back to a safer and healthier lifestyle. She tries in many instances
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