Last Tango in Paris

Last Tango in Paris

(1972)
Inspired by the raw art of Francis Bacon, Bernardo Bertolucci tells the story of a young Parisienne and her sordid affair with an older American (Marlon Brando). Highly controversial when it first came out, considered obscene by some and the most erotic movie ever by others, it is as powerful today as it was then. Bertolucci said of the girl’s character that he wanted her like Lolita but more perverse.