“Between a mother and son. Between the delicate boundaries of love.”
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.
Rating
6.2/10
119 votes
Runtime
142 min
Theatrical cut
Released
1979
Released
Language
IT
La Luna
Director
Bernardo BertolucciWriters
Cast
Jill Clayburgh
Caterina Silveri
Matthew Barry
Joe Silveri
Veronica Lazăr
Marina
Renato Salvatori
Communist
Fred Gwynne
Douglas Winter
Alida Valli
Giuseppe's Mother
Elisabetta Campeti
Arianna
Franco Citti
Man in Bar
Roberto Benigni
Upholsterer
Carlo Verdone
Director of Caracalla
Peter Eyre
Edward
Mustapha Barat
Mustafa (as Stéphane Barat)
Pippo Campanini
Innkeeper
Rodolfo Lodi
Maestro Giancarlo Calo
