Stealing Beauty Movie Review 1996

The film's main asset, besides the beautiful Tuscan scenery, is the coltish charm of Tyler, who stars as virginal teenager Lucy Harmon. An innocent abroad, she's spending the summer with family friends after her mother's suicide. Ostensibly artist Ian Grayson (McCann) is doing her portrait but Lucy's more interested in finding romance with neighbor lad Niccolo (Zibetti), who bestowed her first kiss on a previous visit. Lucy's sunny appeal doesn't go unnoticed by the villa's other inhabitants, including dying playwright Alex (Irons), but it seems Lucy's growing up won't be easy on anyone (not even herself).

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 118 minutes.
Originally from Italian, British, French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Teen Angst, Italy, Vacations, Family Ties, Terminal Illness, Art & Artists

Screenplay

Bernardo Bertolucci, Susan Minot

Cast

Liv Tyler, Jeremy Irons, Donal McCann, Sinead Cusack, Jean Marais, D.W. Moffett, Stefania Sandrelli, Carlo Cecchi, Roberto Zibetti, Joseph Fiennes, Jason Flemyng, Leonardo Treviglio, Rachel Weisz

Cinematography

Darius Khondji

Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

Music

Richard Hartley

Producer

Jeremy Thomas, Mario Cotone, UGC, 20th Century Fox Searchlight