Synopsis

He (Brando) is a 45-year old American living in Paris, haunting by his wife's suicide. She (Maria Schneider) is a 20-year-old Parisian beaut y engaged toa young filmmaker. Though nameless to each other, these tortured souls come together to satisfy their sexual cravings in an apartment as bare as their dark, tragic lives. Caught up in the frenxied beat of a carnal dance they cannot seem to stop, these unlikely lovers take their passion to erotic heights - and depths - beyond anything they could ever have imagined. A compelling portrait of lust, desperation and anguish, LAst Tango in Paris "has carried film honesty to its ultimate. It is a standard for looking at films of the past and judging films of the future."

"An enormously fascinating film!"
-- Newsweek

"The most powerfully erotic movie ever made!"
-- Pauline Kael