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The Sheltering Sky is a British film of genre Drama directed by Bernardo Bertolucci released in USA on 12 december 1990 with Debra Winger
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 december 1990
Length 2h18
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
OriginUnited-kingdom
Rating66%
The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 British-Italian drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. The film is based on the 1949 novel by Paul Bowles (who narrates the film and appears in a cameo role) about a couple who journey to northern Africa in the hopes of rekindling their marriage but soon fall prey to the dangers that surround them.
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Three Americans from New York arrive in Tangier in 1947. Port Moresby (John Malkovich) and his wife Kit (Debra Winger) are accompanied by their friend George Tunner (Campbell Scott) on a trip that will take them deep into the Sahara Desert. Tunner observes, "We're probably the first tourists they've had since the war" to which Kit replies, "We're not tourists. We're travelers." While Tunner plans to return home in a few weeks, Port and Kit plan on staying for a year or two.Actors
Debra Winger
(Kit)
John Malkovich
(Port)
Campbell Scott
(Tunner)
Jill Bennett
(Mrs. Lyle)
Timothy Spall
(Eric Lyle)
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