The Sheltering Sky
“A woman's dangerous and erotic journey...”
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
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Cast
30 people
Debra Winger
Kit
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An Officer and a Gentleman
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John Malkovich
Port
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RED
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Campbell Scott
Tunner
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House of Cards
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Jill Bennett
Mrs. Lyle
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For Your Eyes Only
The Nanny
Timothy Spall
Eric Lyle
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The Last Samurai
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Eric Vu-An
Belqassim
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Donne in bianco
Bitter Sugar
Amina Annabi
Mahrnia
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Cairo Time
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Captain Broussard
Known for
Au Revoir les Enfants
Cyrano de Bergerac
Sotigui Kouyaté
Abdelkader
Known for
London River
Dirty Pretty Things
Tom Novembre
French Immigration Officer
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An American Werewolf in Paris
Love Is in the Air
Mohamed Ben Smail
Smail
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So Long, Stooge
Kamel Cherif
Ticket Seller
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The Best Job in the World
Bernardo Bertolucci Director · Mark Peploe Screenplay Paul Bowles Author
Worldwide gross $2.1M · Budget $25M · United States release December 12, 1990
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,075,084
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Recorded Picture Company
Production
Aldrich Group
Production
Film Trustees Ltd.
Production
TAO Film
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
Italy · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · French
Release dates
Germany · October 25, 1990
Theatrical
United States · December 12, 1990
Theatrical
Italy · December 15, 1990
Theatrical
Austria
October 26, 1990 · Theatrical
France
November 21, 1990 · Theatrical
Greece
December 21, 1990 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 17, 1991 · Theatrical
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