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{{short description|Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)}}
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| name               = Bernardo Bertolucci
| honorific_suffix   = [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]]
| image              = Bernardo Bertolucci, film director.jpg
| caption            = Bertolucci, {{circa|1971}}
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1941|3|16|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Parma]], [[Emilia-Romagna]], [[Fascist Italy|Italy]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2018|11|26|1941|3|16|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Rome]], [[Lazio]], Italy
| years_active       = 1962–2018
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| father             = [[Attilio Bertolucci]]
| spouse             = {{unbulleted list
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 | {{marriage|[[Clare Peploe]]|1979}}
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| relatives          = {{unbulleted list
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 | [[Giuseppe Bertolucci]] (brother)
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'''Bernardo Bertolucci''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|b|əːr|t|ə|ˈ|l|uː|tʃ|i}} {{respell|BUR|tə|LOO|chee}}; {{IPA|it|berˈnardo bertoˈluttʃi|lang}}; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Bertolucci's work achieved international acclaim. With ''[[The Last Emperor]]'' (1987) he became the [[List of Italian Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Director|first Italian]] filmmaker to win the [[Academy Award for Best Director]],{{efn|Italian-born [[Frank Capra]] won in the category twice, but was a naturalized U.S. citizen.}} and he received many other accolades including a [[BAFTA Award]], a [[César Award]], two [[Golden Globe]]s, a [[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]], and an [[Honorary Palme d'Or]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bernardo Bertolucci to receive Palme d'Or honour |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13041286 |publisher=BBC News |date=11 April 2011 |access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref>

A protégé of [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]],<ref>{{cite web|title=A director outgrowing the influence: Bernardo Bertolucci in the 1960s {{!}} Sight & Sound|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/director-outgrowing-influence-bernardo-bertolucci-1960s|access-date=2021-03-16|website=British Film Institute|date=28 November 2018}}</ref> Bertolucci made his directorial debut at 22. His second film, ''[[Before the Revolution]]'' (1964), earned strong international reviews and has since gained classic status, being called a "masterpiece of Italian cinema" by [[Film4]]. His 1970 film ''[[The Conformist (1970 film)|The Conformist]]'', an adaptation of the [[Alberto Moravia]] [[The Conformist (novel)|novel]], is considered a classic of international cinema,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Bernardo Bertolucci obituary: extraordinary director of visually outstanding cinema {{!}} Sight & Sound|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/bernardo-bertolucci-extraordinary-visual-cinema-director|access-date=2021-03-15|website=British Film Institute|date=28 November 2018}}</ref> and was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] and the prestigious [[Golden Bear|Berlin Golden Bear]]. His 1972 erotic drama ''[[Last Tango in Paris]]'' was controversial due to its rape scene and, later, comments made by actress [[Maria Schneider (actress)|Maria Schneider]] about her treatment on set.<ref>{{Cite web |last=North |first=Anna |date=2018-11-26 |title=The disturbing story behind the rape scene in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/11/26/18112531/bernardo-bertolucci-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}</ref> Bertolucci's later films such as the historical epic ''[[1900 (film)|1900]]'' (1976), the family drama ''[[La Luna (1979 film)|La Luna]]'' (1979), and the darkly comedic ''[[Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man]]'' (1981), were also controversial but acclaimed.

His 1987 film ''The Last Emperor'', a biopic of Chinese monarch [[Puyi]], was a critical and commercial success, earning rave reviews and sweeping the [[60th Academy Awards]] (including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and Best Director). This was the start of what has since been described as his "Oriental Trilogy", a trio of films including [[The Sheltering Sky (film)|''The Sheltering Sky'']], an adaptation of the [[The Sheltering Sky|novel of the same name]], and ''[[Little Buddha]]'', a Buddhist religious epic, all three of which feature scores by [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Leonelli |first=Elisa |title=Remembering Bernardo Bertolucci|url=https://www.culturalweekly.com/remembering-bernardo-bertolucci/ |website=Cultural Weekly |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> His 1996 film, ''[[Stealing Beauty]]'', brought him his second of two Palme d'Or nominations. He continued directing well into the 21st century, releasing his final film, ''[[Me and You (film)|Me and You]]'', in 2012.

Bertolucci's films often deal with themes of politics, sexuality, history, [[class conflict]] and social taboos,<ref>{{cite web|last=Ebiri|first=Bilge|title=Bertolucci, Bernardo – Senses of Cinema|date=26 July 2020 |url=https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2004/great-directors/bertolucci/|access-date=2021-03-16|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|title=Perspective {{!}} More than anyone, Bernardo Bertolucci exemplified the pain and pleasure of the male gaze|language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/more-than-anyone-bernardo-bertolucci-exemplified-the-pain-and-pleasure-of-the-male-gaze/2018/11/26/563251d4-f198-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html|access-date=2021-03-16|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> and his style has influenced several filmmakers.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Several of his films have appeared on lists of the [[List of films voted the best|greatest films of all time]]. Critics have remarked that what makes Bertolucci different than other directors is his masterful combination of "visual richness and visual freedom".<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Kael |first=Pauline |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tkShTL84MrcC&q=the+age+of+movies+selected+writing+of+pauline+kael |title=The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael: A Library of America Special Publication |date=2011-10-27 |publisher=Library of America |isbn=978-1-59853-171-8 |pages=273–278 |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Bertolucci was born in the Italian city of [[Parma]], in the region of [[Emilia-Romagna]]. He was the elder son of Ninetta (Giovanardi), a teacher, and [[Attilio Bertolucci]], who was a poet, a reputed art historian, anthologist and film critic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/34/Bernardo-Bertolucci.html |title=Bernardo Bertolucci Biography (1940-) |publisher=Film Reference |access-date=14 September 2010}}</ref> His mother was born in Australia,<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Bernardo Bertolucci: Interviews|author1=Bertolucci, B.|author2=Gerard, F.S.|author3=Kline, T.J.|author4=Sklarew, B.H.|date=2000|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781578062058|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXjyHVUD-GcC&pg=PR17|access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="corriere">{{cite web|url=http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=BERTOLUCCI+Bernardo|publisher=cinquantamila.corriere.it|title=Bernardo Bertolucci - biografia|access-date=16 October 2016|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018220055/http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=BERTOLUCCI+Bernardo|url-status=dead}}</ref> to an Italian father and an Australian mother (of Irish and Scottish descent).

Having been raised in an artistic environment, Bertolucci began writing at the age of 15, and soon after received several prestigious literary prizes, including the ''Premio Viareggio'' for his first book. His father's background helped his career: the elder Bertolucci had helped the Italian filmmaker [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]] publish his first novel, and Pasolini reciprocated by hiring Bertolucci as his first assistant in Rome on ''[[Accattone]]'' (1961).

Bertolucci had one brother, the theatre director and playwright [[Giuseppe Bertolucci|Giuseppe]] (27 February 1947 – 16 June 2012). His cousin was the film producer Giovanni Bertolucci (24 June 1940 – 17 February 2005), with whom he worked on a number of films.

== Career ==
=== Directorial breakthrough ===
Bertolucci initially wished to become a poet like his father. With this goal in mind, he attended the Faculty of Modern Literature of the [[University of Rome La Sapienza|University of Rome]] from 1958 to 1961, where his film career as an assistant director to Pasolini began.<ref>{{cite web|title=A YOUNG BERTOLUCCI TALKS ABOUT PASOLINI (from "Pasolini l'Enragé")|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR0D8nuI1iE| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305132329/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR0D8nuI1iE&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2012-03-05 | url-status=dead|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=25 August 2012|author=theblackpaul|date=3 June 2010}}</ref> Shortly after, Bertolucci left the university without graduating. In 1962, at the age of 22, he directed his first feature film, produced by [[Tonino Cervi]] with a screenplay by Pasolini, called ''[[La commare secca]]'' (1962). The film is a murder mystery, following a prostitute's homicide. Bertolucci uses flashbacks to piece together the crime and the person who committed it. The film which shortly followed was his acclaimed ''[[Before the Revolution]]'' (''Prima della rivoluzione'', 1964).

The boom of [[Cinema of Italy|Italian cinema]], which gave Bertolucci his start, slowed in the 1970s as directors were forced to co-produce their films with several of the American, Swedish, French, and German companies and actors due to the effects of the global economic recession on the Italian film industry. Bertolucci entered film making already working at a big scale.<ref name=":3" />

In 1971, film critic for ''The New Yorker,'' Pauline Kael called Bertolucci a prodigy.<ref name=":3" /> 

Bertolucci caused controversy in 1972 with the film ''[[Last Tango in Paris]]'', starring [[Marlon Brando]], [[Maria Schneider (actress)|Maria Schneider]], [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]] and [[Massimo Girotti]]. The film presents Brando's character, Paul, as he copes with his wife's suicide by emotionally and physically dominating a young woman, Jeanne (Schneider). The depictions of Schneider, then 19 years old, have been criticized as exploitive. In one scene, Paul anally rapes Jeanne using butter as a lubricant. Bertolucci said use of butter was not in the script; Bertolucci and Brando had discussed it, but they did not tell Schneider. According to Schneider, the rape scene was not in the script at all.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/downhill-ride-for-maria-after-her-tango-with-brando-20060622-gdnt2a.html|title=Downhill ride for Maria after her tango with Brando|date=2006-06-22}}</ref> She said in 2007 that she had cried "real tears" during the scene and had felt humiliated and "a little raped".<ref name=Izadi5Dec2016/><ref name="Macnab2013"/><ref name=Summers4Dec2016>Summers, Hannah (4 December 2016). [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/04/actors-disgust-last-tango-paris-rape-scene-confession-bertolucci "Actors voice disgust over Last Tango in Paris rape scene confession"], ''[[The Guardian]]''.</ref> In 2013 Bertolucci said that he had withheld the information from Schneider to generate a real "reaction of frustration and rage".<ref name="Macnab2013"/> Brando alleged that Bertolucci had wanted the characters to have real sex, but Brando and Schneider both said it was simulated.<ref name=Izadi5Dec2016/> In 2016 Bertolucci released a statement where he clarified that Schneider had known of the violence to be depicted in the scene, but had not been told about the use of butter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/05/bernardo-bertolucci-last-tango-in-paris-response-maria-schneider|title=Bernardo Bertolucci: Last Tango controversy is 'ridiculous'|last=Lee|first=Benjamin|date=5 December 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=2 June 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Following the “media glare” and her fame after the film's release, Schneider became a drug addict and suicidal.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McLellan|first1=Dennis|title=Maria Schneider dies at 58; actress in 'Last Tango in Paris'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-feb-04-la-me-maria-schneider-20110204-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=24 March 2015|date=4 February 2011}}</ref> Criminal proceedings were brought against Bertolucci in Italy for obscenity; the film was sequestered by the censorship commission and all copies were ordered destroyed. An Italian court revoked Bertolucci's [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] for five years and gave him a four-month [[Suspended sentence|suspended]] prison sentence.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bernardo Bertolucci |url=http://www.rannakino.ee/en/programm/july-2012.html?id=348 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213033410/http://www.rannakino.ee/en/programm/july-2012.html?id=348 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 February 2013 |work=Rannakino |access-date=26 August 2012 |author=Rannakino |year=2012 }}</ref> In 1978, the Appeals Court of [[Bologna, Italy|Bologna]] ordered three copies of the film to be preserved in the national film library with the stipulation that they could not be viewed, until Bertolucci was later able to re-submit it for general distribution with no cuts.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rashkin|first1=Esther|title=Unspeakable Secrets and the Psychoanalysis of Culture|date=2008|publisher=SUNY Press|location=Albany, New York|isbn=978-0791475348|page=224|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EuQmXl2j9cgC&pg=PA223|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/04/last-tango-in-paris-director-says-maria-schneider-butter-scene-not-consensual|title=Last Tango in Paris director suggests Maria Schneider 'butter rape' scene not consensual|first1=Bonnie|last1=Malkin|date=3 December 2016|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-reacts-disgust-outrage-last-tango-paris-directors-resurfaced-rape-scene-confession-95|title=Hollywood Reacts With Disgust, Outrage Over 'Last Tango in Paris' Director's Resurfaced Rape Scene Confession|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=3 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/last-tango-in-paris-rape-scene-consensual-bernardo-bertolucci-1201933117/|title='Last Tango in Paris' Rape Scene Was Not Consensual, Director Bernardo Bertolucci Admits|first=Seth|last=Kelley|date=3 December 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Bernardo Bertolucci Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|Bertolucci's star on [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]]
Bertolucci increased his fame with his next few films, from ''[[1900 (film)|1900]]'' (1976), an epic depiction of the struggles of farmers in [[Emilia-Romagna]] from the beginning of the 20th century up to [[World War II]] with an international cast ([[Robert De Niro]], [[Gérard Depardieu]], [[Donald Sutherland]], [[Sterling Hayden]], [[Burt Lancaster]], [[Dominique Sanda]]) to ''[[La Luna (1979 film)|La Luna]]'', set in [[Rome]] and in [[Emilia-Romagna]], in which Bertolucci deals with the thorny issue of drugs and [[incest]], and finally ''[[Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man|La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo]]'' (1981), with [[Ugo Tognazzi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man: A Kidnaping as Seen by Bertolucci |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=12 February 1982 |work=The New York Times |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9505E5DA103BF931A25751C0A964948260}}</ref>

He then wrote two screenplays based on [[Dashiell Hammett]]'s ''[[Red Harvest]]''. He hoped this would be his first film set in America, but nothing came of it.<ref name=guardobit>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/26/bernardo-bertolucci-obituary|title=Bernardo Bertolucci obituary |work=The Guardian|date=26 November 2018|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref>

=== ''The Last Emperor'' and later career ===
[[File:Bernardo Bertolucci.jpg|right|thumb|Bertolucci in 2011]]
In 1987, Bertolucci directed the epic ''[[The Last Emperor]]'', a biographical film telling the life story of [[House of Aisin-Gioro|Aisin-Gioro]] [[Puyi]], the last emperor of China. The film was independently produced by British producer [[Jeremy Thomas]], with whom Bertolucci worked almost exclusively from then on. The film was independently financed and three years in the making. Bertolucci, who co-wrote the film with [[Mark Peploe]], won the [[Academy Award for Best Director]]. The film uses Puyi's life as a mirror that reflects China's passage from [[feudalism]] through revolution to its current state.

At the [[60th Academy Awards]], ''The Last Emperor'' [[List of films receiving six or more Academy Awards|won all nine Oscars]] for which it was nominated: [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium]], [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]], [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]], [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction-Set Decoration]], [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Music, Original Score]] and [[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound]].<ref name=nyt88>{{cite news|first=Aljean|last=Harmetz|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/12/movies/the-last-emperor-wins-9-oscars-and-is-named-best-film-of-1987.html|title='The Last Emperor' Wins 9 Oscars And Is Named Best Film of 1987|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=12 April 1988|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref>

''The Last Emperor'' was the first feature film ever authorized by the government of the People's Republic of China to film in the [[Forbidden City]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,967235,00.html|title=Love And Respect, Hollywood-Style|date=April 25, 1988|first=Richard|last=Corliss|authorlink=Richard Corliss|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=20 July 2021|archive-date=5 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105160122/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,967235,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bertolucci had proposed the film to the Chinese government as one of two possible projects. The other film was ''[[Man's Fate#Film adaptations|La Condition Humaine]]'' by [[André Malraux]]. The Chinese government preferred ''The Last Emperor''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Charles|last=Champlin|authorlink=Charles Champlin|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-06-ca-26851-story.html|title=Bertolucci: The Emperor's New Clothier|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=6 December 1987|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref>

After ''The Last Emperor'', ''[[The Sheltering Sky (film)|The Sheltering Sky]]'' and ''[[Little Buddha]]'', Bertolucci returned to Italy to film, and to revisit his old themes but with varying results from both critics and the public. He filmed ''[[Stealing Beauty]]'' in 1996,<ref>{{cite news|first=Julia|last=Felsenthal|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/liv-tyler-stealing-beauty-summer-movie|title=Why Stealing Beauty Is the Ultimate Summer Movie|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=July 1, 2015|access-date=December 12, 2017}}</ref> then ''[[The Dreamers (2003 film)|The Dreamers]]'' in 2003, which describes the political passions and sexual revolutions of two siblings in Paris in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|authorlink=Peter Bradshaw|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_Film_of_the_week/0,4267,1141606,00.html|title=The Dreamers|newspaper=The Guardian |date=6 December 2004|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>

In 2007, Bertolucci received the Golden Lion Award at the [[Venice Film Festival]] for his life's work, and in 2011 he also received the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cinematografo.it/news/speciale-palma-doro-a-bertolucci/ |title=Speciale Palma d'Oro a Bertolucci |website=Cinematografo.it |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref>

In 2012, his final film, ''[[Me and You (film)|Me and You]]'', was screened out of competition at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref name="Official Selection">{{cite web |title=2012 Official Selection |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58878.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512090311/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58878.html |archive-date=12 May 2012 |access-date=26 May 2012 |work=Cannes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=2012-05-22 |title=Cannes 2012: Me and You (Io e Te) – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/may/22/me-and-you-review |access-date=2026-01-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and was released early in 2013 in the UK. The film is an adaptation of [[Niccolò Ammaniti]]'s [[young adult fiction|young adult]] book ''[[Me and You (novel)|Me and You]]''. The screenplay for the movie was written by Bertolucci, Umberto Contarello and Niccolò Ammaniti.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bernardo Bertolucci girerà il suo prossimo film in 3D |first=Nicoletta |last=Gemmi |date=18 February 2011 |url=http://www.primissima.it/cinema_news/scheda/bernardo_bertolucci_girera_il_suo_prossimo_film_in_3d/ |access-date=1 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126135138/http://www.primissima.it/cinema_news/scheda/bernardo_bertolucci_girera_il_suo_prossimo_film_in_3d/ |archive-date=26 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bertolucci originally intended to shoot the film in [[3D film|3D]] but was forced to abandon this plan due to cost.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vivarelli|first=Nick|title=Bertolucci abandons 3D plan for 'Me and You'|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/bertolucci-abandons-3d-plan-for-me-and-you-1118044104/|access-date=21 April 2012|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=7 October 2011}}</ref>

Bertolucci appeared on the [[BBC Radio 4|Radio Four]] programme ''[[Start the Week]]'' on 22 April 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s09js|title=Start the week|date=22 April 2013|access-date=29 November 2013}}</ref> and on ''[[Front Row (radio programme)|Front Row]]'' on 29 April 2013, where he chose ''[[La Dolce Vita]]'', a film directed by [[Federico Fellini]], for the "Cultural Exchange".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p38dh|title=Cultural Exchange|date=29 April 2013|access-date=29 November 2013}}</ref>

In the spring of 2018, in an interview with the Italian edition of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)#International editions|Vanity Fair]]'', Bertolucci announced that he was preparing a new film. He stated, "The theme will be love, let's call it that. In reality, the theme is communication and therefore also incommunicability. The favorite subject of [[Michelangelo Antonioni]] and the condition I found myself facing when I moved on from my films for the few, those of the sixties, to a broader cinema ready to meet a large audience."<ref name=vanit2018>{{cite web|first=Malcolm|last=Pagani|url=https://www.vanityfair.it/show/cinema/2018/11/26/addio-a-bernardo-bertolucci-morto-roma-regista|title=Addio a Bernardo Bertolucci. L'ultima intervista|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=26 November 2018|access-date=30 November 2018|language=it}}</ref>

=== As a screenwriter, producer and actor ===
Bertolucci wrote many screenplays, both for his own films and for films directed by others, two of which he also produced.

He was an actor in the film ''[[Golem, the Spirit of the Exile|Golem: The Spirit of Exile]]'', directed by [[Amos Gitai]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/03154-golem-the-spirit-of-exile/|title= Archive of films Golem: The Spirit of Exile / Golem: L'esprit de l'exil |publisher=Karlovy Vary International Film Festival|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref>

== Politics and personal beliefs ==
Bertolucci was an [[atheist]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mymovies.it/critica/persone/critica.asp?id=37880&r=3121 |title=Interview to Mymovies |publisher=Mymovies.it |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220050452/http://www.mymovies.it/critica/persone/critica.asp?id=37880&r=3121 |url-status=dead }}</ref> though he was fascinated by [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Swapnil Dhruv |last=Bose |date=27 March 2024|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/buddhism-shaped-bernardo-bertolucci/ |title='I need a utopia': how Buddhism shaped Bernardo Bertolucci |magazine=Far Out Magazine |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> He advocated the practice of [[Transcendental Meditation]]: "We want to evoke the present and it is difficult to do it all together, we can only meditate, as in transcendental meditation. One of the most powerful experiences. Either you meditate or watch a good movie, then the two things start to touch ... ".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sguardidiconfine.com/bertolucci-addio-sguardo-eclettico-sulla-realta/|title=Bertolucci, addio a uno sguardo eclettico sulla realtà –|date=26 November 2018}}</ref>

Bertolucci's films are often very political. He was a professed [[Marxist]] and, like [[Luchino Visconti]], who similarly employed many foreign artists during the late 1960s, Bertolucci used his films to express his political views. His political films were preceded by others re-evaluating history. ''[[The Conformist (1970 film)|The Conformist]]'' (1970) criticised [[fascism]], touched upon the relationship between nationhood and nationalism, as well as issues of popular taste and collective memory, all amid an international plot by [[Benito Mussolini]] to assassinate a politically active leftist professor of philosophy in Paris. ''[[1900 (film)|1900]]'' also analyses the struggle of Left and Right.

On 27 September 2009, Bertolucci was one of the signatories of the appeal to the Swiss government to release [[Roman Polanski]], who was being held awaiting extradition to the United States.<ref name="Alt">{{cite web|first=Andre|last=Soares|date=30 September 2009|title=Penelope Cruz, Bernardo Bertolucci, Gael Garcia Bernal Sign Polanski Petition|work=Alt Film Guide|access-date=31 August 2013|url=http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/penelope-cruz-bertolucci-bernal-polanski-petition}}</ref>

On Twitter on 24 April 2015, Bertolucci participated in #whomademyclothes, Fashion Revolution's anti-[[sweatshop]] campaign commemorating the [[2013 Savar building collapse]], the deadliest accident in the history of the garment industry.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 April 2015 |title=Fashion Revolution: who made your clothes? |url=https://www.mindfood.com/article/fashion-revolution-who-made-your-clothes/ |access-date=2026-01-15 |website=MiNDFOOD |language=en-AU}}</ref>

=== ''Last Tango in Paris'' rape scene controversy ===

In later years, it was acknowledged that unlike Bernardo Bertolucci and his lead male ''Last Tango In Paris'' star Marlon, lead female ''[[Last Tango In Paris]]'' star [[Maria Schneider (actress)|Maria Schneider]] had no knowledge of the film's "butter" rape scene until just before it was shot. Brando is also acknowledged to have been the one who had the idea for the scene.<ref name=lasttangoinpariscontroversy>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250402-maria-schneider-how-last-tango-in-pariss-infamous-explicit-scene-undid-its-female-star|title= 'It was really wrong': How Last Tango in Paris's infamous explicit scene undid its female star|first=Emma|last=Jones|publisher=BBC News|date=3 April 2025|accessdate=14 April 2026}}</ref>

Schneider had been outspoken hostile to the scene, linking it to [[sexual violation]]. 

In 2001, Schneider commented:
{{blockquote|''Last Tango''&nbsp;... first major role. In fact, it's a total coincidence. I was friends with [[Dominique Sanda]]. She would make the film with [[Jean-Louis Trintignant]], but she was pregnant. She had a large picture with her of both of us.  Bertolucci saw it. He made me do a casting&nbsp;...  I regretted my choice since the beginning of my career would have been sweeter, quieter. For ''Tango'', I was not prepared. People have identified with a character that was not me. Butter, about saucy old pigs&nbsp;...  Even Marlon with his charisma and class, felt a bit violated, exploited a little in this film. He rejected it for years.  And me, I felt it doubly.<ref name="Forget Last Tango">Moira Sullivan, [http://www.annakarinaland.org/2011/02/maria-schneider-forget-last-tango.html "Maria Schneider: Forget Last Tango"] (Translation of "Autoportrait: Maria Schneider: Belle et Rebelle"), Jackie Buet, Elizabeth Jenny, ''Créteil Films de Femmes'', 2001.</ref><ref name="Belle et Rebelle">{{cite web | url=http://www.filmsdefemmes.com/Maria-Schneider-Belle-et-rebelle.html | first1=Jackie | last1=Buet | first2=Elizabeth | last2=Jenny | title=Autoportrait: Maria Schneider: Belle et Rebelle | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928082237/http://www.filmsdefemmes.com/Maria-Schneider-Belle-et-rebelle.html | archive-date=28 September 2011 | work=Créteil Films de Femmes | year=2001}}</ref>}}


In 2007, she further stated that:
{{blockquote|I should have called my agent or had my lawyer come to the set because you can't force someone to do something that isn't in the script, but at the time, I didn't know that. Marlon said to me: 'Maria, don't worry, it's just a movie,' but during the scene, even though what Marlon was doing wasn't real, I was crying real tears.  I felt humiliated and to be honest, I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci. After the scene, Marlon didn't console me or apologise. Thankfully, there was just one take.<ref name="Bonnie Malkin">{{cite news | first=Bonnie | last=Malkin | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/04/last-tango-in-paris-director-says-maria-schneider-butter-scene-not-consensual | title=Last Tango in Paris director suggests Maria Schneider 'butter rape' scene not consensual | work=[[The Guardian]] | location=London, England | date=4 December 2016 | access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref>}}

In 2013, two years after Schneider's death, Bertolucci admitted to have withheld knowledge of the "butter," while he and Brando did have firsthand knowledge of it, but also alleged that he withheld the information from her to generate a real "reaction of frustration and rage".<ref name="Macnab2013">{{cite news|first=Geoffrey|last=Macnab|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/feb/01/bernardo-bertolucci-berlusconi-last-tango?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Bernardo Bertolucci:'I thought I couldn't make any more movies'|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London, England|date=1 February 2013|access-date=16 February 2013}}</ref> Brando alleged that Bertolucci had wanted the characters to have real sex, but Brando and Schneider both said it was simulated.<ref name=Izadi5Dec2016>{{cite news|first=Elahe|last=Izadi|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/12/05/why-the-last-tango-in-paris-rape-scene-is-generating-such-an-outcry-now/|title=Why the 'Last Tango in Paris' rape scene is generating such an outcry now|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|publisher=Nash Holdings LLC|location=Washington DC|date=December 5, 2016|access-date=July 29, 2018}}</ref> However, actress [[Jessica Tovey]], in an article she wrote for ''[[The Guardian]]'', argued that Bertolucci's defense of pursuing an artistic vision was "bogus" and that what occurred was "a violation."<ref name = Tovey />  Tovey also observed that it is difficult to imagine the "roles being reversed; Brando being brutalized only to discover midway through filming that Schneider and Bertolucci had conspired to add an element of humiliation."<ref name = Tovey>{{cite news|first = Jessica|last = Tovey|author-link = Jessica Tovey|title = Bertolucci's justification for the Last Tango rape scene is bogus. It's called 'acting' for a reason|url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/09/bertoluccis-justification-for-the-last-tango-scene-is-bogus-its-called-acting-for-a-reason|newspaper = [[The Guardian]]|location=London, England|date = 9 December 2016|access-date = 9 December 2016}}</ref>

== Death ==
Bertolucci died of lung cancer in Rome on 26 November 2018, at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2018/11/26/news/e_morto_bernardo_bertolucci-212656049/ |title=È morto Bernardo Bertolucci, l'ultimo grande maestro |newspaper=[[La Repubblica]] |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=26 November 2018 |first=Irene |last=Bignardi |publisher=Divisione Stampa Nazionale |agency=[[GEDI Gruppo Editoriale]] S.p.A.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46342644 |title=Oscar-winning director Bertolucci dies |work=[[BBC News]] |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=27 November 2018 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
===Feature film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width="65" | Director
! width="65" | Writer
|-
|1962
|''[[La commare secca]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1964
|''[[Before the Revolution]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1967
|''Ballata da un miliardo''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|1968
|''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]''
|{{no}}
|{{Partial|Story}}
|-
|''[[Partner (1968 film)|Partner]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1970
|''[[The Conformist (1970 film)|The Conformist]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1972
|''[[Last Tango in Paris]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1976
|''[[1900 (film)|1900]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1979
|''[[La Luna (1979 film)|La Luna]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1981
|''[[Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1987
|''[[The Last Emperor]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1990
|''[[The Sheltering Sky (film)|The Sheltering Sky]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1993
|''[[Little Buddha]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Story}}
|-
|1996
|''[[Stealing Beauty]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1998
|''[[Besieged (film)|Besieged]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2001
|''[[Triumph of Love (2001 film)|Triumph of Love]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2003
|''[[The Dreamers (2003 film)|The Dreamers]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|2012
|''[[Me and You (film)|Me and You]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|}

===Short film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width="65" | Director
! width="65" | Writer
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1956
|''The Death of a Pig''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|''The Cable''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Also editor and cinematographer
|-
|1969
|''Agony''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Segment of ''[[Love and Anger (film)|Love and Anger]]''
|-
|2002
|''Histoire d'eaux''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Segment of ''[[Ten Minutes Older#Ten Minutes Older: The Cello|Ten Minutes Older: The Cello]]''
|}

'''Assistant director'''
* ''[[Accattone]]'' (1961)

'''Producer'''
* ''Sconcerto Rock'' (1982)
* ''[[Io con te non ci sto più]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Triumph of Love (2001 film)|Triumph of Love]]'' (2001)

===Documentary works===
'''Feature film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Writer
! Notes
|-
|1976
|''Il silenzio è complicità''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Also editor
|-
|1984
|''L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|}

'''Short film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
|1966
|''Il canale''
|Also writer
|-
|1971
|''La salute è malata''
|
|-
|1989
|''Bologna''
|Segment of ''12 registi per 12 città''
|-
|2013
|''[[70th Venice International Film Festival#Venice 70: Future Reloaded|Venice 70: Future Reloaded]]''
|
|}

'''Television'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Writer
! Notes
|-
|1967
|''La via del petrolio''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|3 episodes
|-
|1970
|''[[The Spider's Stratagem]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|[[Television film]]
|-
|1985
|''Cartoline dalla Cina''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|[[Short film|Television short]]
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Accolades
|-
|1968
|''[[Partner (1968 film)|Partner]]''
|Nominated - [[Golden Lion]]
|-
|1969
|''[[Love and Anger (film)|Love and Anger]]''
|Nominated - [[Golden Bear]]
|-
|1970
|''[[The Conformist (1970 film)|The Conformist]]''
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director]]<br>Nominated - [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]<br />Nominated - [[Golden Bear]]
|-
|1972
|''[[Last Tango in Paris]]''
|[[Nastro d'Argento for Best Director]]<br>Nominated - [[Academy Award for Best Director]]<br />Nominated - [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing]]<br />Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director]]
|-
|1981
|''[[Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man]]''
|Nominated - [[Palme d'Or]]
|-
|1987
|''[[The Last Emperor]]''
|[[Academy Award for Best Director]]<br />[[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]<br />[[BAFTA Award for Best Film]]<br />[[César Award for Best Foreign Film]]<br />[[David di Donatello for Best Director]]<br />[[David di Donatello for Best Screenplay]]<br />[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing]]<br />[[Golden Globe Award for Best Director]]<br />[[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay]]<br />[[Nastro d'Argento for Best Director]]<br>Nominated - [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction]]
|-
|1990
|''[[The Sheltering Sky (film)|The Sheltering Sky]]''
|Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director]]
|-
|1996
|''[[Stealing Beauty]]''
|Nominated - [[David di Donatello for Best Director]]<br />Nominated - [[Palme d'Or]]
|-
|1998
|''[[Besieged (film)|Besieged]]''
|Nominated - [[David di Donatello for Best Director]]
|-
|2012
|''[[Me and You (film)|Me and You]]''
|Nominated - [[David di Donatello for Best Film]]<br />Nominated - [[David di Donatello for Best Director]]<br />Nominated - [[David di Donatello for Best Screenplay]]
|}

'''Other awards'''
* 1997: Honorable Mention at the [[Locarno International Film Festival]]
* 1997: Award special visual sensitivity in directing at [[Camerimage]]
* 1997: Award for collaborating director – director of photography ([[Vittorio Storaro]]) at Camerimage
* 1998: Recognition for free expression by the [[National Board of Review of Motion Pictures|National Board of Review]]
* 1999: Life Time Achievement Award - [[30th International Film Festival of India]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Devipriya|date=January 1999|title=30th IFFI Stars|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm30IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=30IIFA.pdf|work=30th International Film Festival of India '99|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=23 March 2018|page=150|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130012630/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm30IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=30IIFA.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2013}}</ref>
* 2007: [[Golden Lion]] for his career at the [[Venice Film Festival]]
* 2011: Honorary [[Palme d'Or]] at [[Cannes Film Festival]]

{|class="wikitable"
|+ Accolades for Bertolucci's theatrical films
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Title
!colspan="2"| Academy Awards
!colspan="2"| BAFTAs
!colspan="2"| Golden Globes
!colspan="2"| David di Donatellos
|-
!Nominations
!Wins
!Nominations
!Wins
!Nominations
!Wins
!Nominations
!Wins
|-
|1970
|''[[The Conformist (1970 film)|The Conformist]]''
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|-
|1972
|''[[Last Tango in Paris]]''
|align=center|2
|
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|2
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|-
|1979
|''[[La Luna (1979 film)|La Luna]]''
|
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|-
|1987
|''[[The Last Emperor]]''
|align=center|9
|align=center|9
|align=center|11
|align=center|3
|align=center|5
|align=center|4
|align=center|10
|align=center|9
|-
|1990
|''[[The Sheltering Sky (film)|The Sheltering Sky]]''
|
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Stealing Beauty]]''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|align=center|5
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Besieged (film)|Besieged]]''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|align=center|3
|
|-
|2003
|''[[The Dreamers (2003 film)|The Dreamers]]''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Me and You (film)|Me and You]]''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|align=center|6
|
|-
!colspan="2"| Total
!12
!9
!14
!4
!11
!5
!27
!11
|}

== Honours ==
* Grand-Officer of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] of Italy ([[Rome]], 2 June 1988), under proposal of the Council of Ministers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/246247|title=Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica|date=2 June 1988|access-date=29 November 2018|language=it}}</ref>
* Gold Medal of the [[Italian Medal of Merit for Culture and Art]] of Italy (Rome, 21 February 2001). For having been able to combine poetry and great cinema as in the history of [[Italian cinema]]. For having known how to make different cultures and worlds dialogue, remaining strongly rooted in the culture of your country. For having been able to represent with passion and courage the political, social and cultural history of the last hundred years.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/10033|title=Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte|publisher=Presidenza della Repubblica|date=21 February 2001|access-date=29 November 2018|language=it}}</ref>
* Master's Degree Honoris Causa in History and Criticism of Arts and Performance of the [[University of Parma]] (''Laurea Magistrale Honoris Causa in Storia e critica delle arti e dello spettacolo''). Bernardo Bertolucci is one of the greatest and recognized filmmakers in the world. His cinema is a reference point for entire generations of directors, has thrilled millions of viewers, also arousing extensive cultural debates that have gone well beyond the film industry, and is the subject of significant historical and theoretical studies published in all of the major world languages.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|url=https://parma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/12/16/news/laurea_ad_honorem_a_bertolucci_ecco_la_motivazione-103068151/|title=Laurea ad honorem a Bertolucci, ecco la motivazione|work=La Repubblica|date=16 December 2014|access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of atheists in film, radio, television and theater]]
* "[[La Lega (song)|La Lega]]"
* [[Amos Gitai]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
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* {{cite web |url=http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/bertolucci.html |first=Bilge |last=Ebiri |title=Bernardo Bertolucci |work=Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database |date=September 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331101423/http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/bertolucci.html |archive-date=31 March 2010}}
* {{discogs artist|Bernardo Bertolucci}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060510062426/http://zakka.dk/euroscreenwriters/interviews/bernardo_bertolucci_513.htm Jeremy Isaacs, "Face to Face: Bernardo Bertolucci"], BBC interview, September 1989.
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19871209/REVIEWS/712090301/1023 Roger Ebert, review, ''The Last Emperor''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012030951/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19871209%2FREVIEWS%2F712090301%2F1023 |date=12 October 2012}}, ''Chicago Sun-Times'', 9 December 1987.

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