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Stealing Beauty

1996 116 min English R

“The most beautiful place to be is in love.”

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.

Cast

18 people

Bernardo Bertolucci Director · Susan Minot Screenplay

Worldwide gross $4.8M · Budget $10M · United States release June 14, 1996

Box office

Budget

$10,000,000

Worldwide gross

$4,800,000

Gross vs. budget

0.5×

Production

R

Recorded Picture Company

Production

U

UGC

Production

F

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Production

F

Fiction

Production

F

France 3 Cinéma

Production

F

Fox 2000 Pictures

Production

F

Fiction Films

Production

F

France 2 Cinéma

Production

J

Jeremy Thomas Productions

Production

Italy · United Kingdom · France · United States

Produced in

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English · French · German · Italian · Spanish

Release dates

Italy · March 29, 1996

Theatrical

United States · June 14, 1996

Theatrical

Brazil

September 25, 1996 · Theatrical

Czechia

November 7, 1996 · Theatrical

July 31, 2008 · Physical · DVD, FilmX

France

May 15, 1996 · Theatrical

Germany

September 25, 1996 · Theatrical

Russia

October 19, 1996 · Theatrical

June 30, 2022 · Theatrical · Re-release

February 12, 2026 · Theatrical · Re-release

United Kingdom

April 22, 1996 · Theatrical

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