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Luna is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Bernardo Bertolucci released in USA on 29 august 1979 with Jill Clayburgh
Luna (1979)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 29 august 1979
Length 2h22
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
OriginItalie
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, La sexualité des mineurs
Rating63%
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.
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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.Actors
Jill Clayburgh
(Caterina Silveri)
Renato Salvatori
(Communist)
Alida Valli
(Giuseppe's Mother)
Veronica Lazăr
(Marina)
Franco Citti
(Man in Bar)
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