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The Sheltering Sky
- Original title
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The Sheltering Sky
- Year
- 1990
- Running time
- 133 min.
- Country
 United Kingdom- Director
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- Screenwriter
Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci. Novel: Paul Bowles - Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Richard Horowitz - Cinematography
Vittorio Storaro - Cast
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Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett, Timothy Spall, Eric Vu-An, Amina Annabi, Sotigui Kouyaté, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Ben Smail, Nicoletta Braschi, Paul Bowles
- Producer
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Co-production United Kingdom-Italy;
Warner Bros., Sahara Company, TAO Film, Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Aldrich Group
- Genre
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Drama | Africa. 1940s
- Synopsis
- The American artist couple Port and Kit Moresby travels aimless through Africa, searching for new experiences that could give new sense to their relationship. But the flight to distant regions leads both only deeper into despair. An Adaptation of Paul Bowles' Novel.
- Awards
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1990: Golden Globes: Best Original Soundtrack. 2 Nominations
1990: BAFTA Awards: Best Photography. Nominated for Best Production Design
1990: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Cinematography. 2 Nominations
1990: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Music Score. 2 Nom.
1990: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Cinematography
- Critics' reviews
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"A disappointingly reductive adaptation of Paul Bowles's first novel."
Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
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"As you'd expect, it's a big, handsome film, rich and strange in psychological depths and eroticism"
Time Out
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