Movie
The Sheltering Sky
Overview
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
Details
- Release date
- 1990-10-25
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Recorded Picture Company, Aldrich Group, Film Trustees Ltd., TAO Film
- Country
- Italy, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Debra Winger as Kit
- John Malkovich as Port
- Campbell Scott as Tunner
- Jill Bennett as Mrs. Lyle
- Timothy Spall as Eric Lyle
- Eric Vu-An as Belqassim
- Amina Annabi as Mahrnia
- Philippe Morier-Genoud as Captain Broussard
- Sotigui Kouyaté as Abdelkader
- Tom Novembre as French Immigration Officer
- Mohamed Ben Smail as Smail
- Kamel Cherif as Ticket Seller
Crew
- Bernardo Bertolucci - Director
- Mark Peploe - Screenplay
- Bernardo Bertolucci - Screenplay
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