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The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. The film is based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Paul Bowles (who appears in a cameo role) about a couple who journey to North Africa in the hopes of rekindling their marriage but soon fall prey to the dangers that surround them.
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Dec 12, 1990 · The Sheltering Sky: Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. With Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett. An American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- 1990-12-12
The Sheltering Sky is a 1949 novel of alienation and existential despair by American writer and composer Paul Bowles . Plot. The story centers on Port Moresby and his wife Kit, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the North African desert accompanied by their friend Tunner.
- Paul Bowles
- 1949
The Sheltering Sky, first novel by Paul Bowles, published in 1948. Considered a model of existential fiction, it sold well and was a critical success.
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An American couple (John Malkovich, Debra Winger) drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
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- Bernardo Bertolucci
- R
- John Malkovich
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. — Thomas Manhardt <Thomas.Manhardt@wu-wien.ac.at>.
In this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend an alien culture--and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them.
