Luna
“Between a mother and son. Between the delicate boundaries of love.”
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.
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Cast
24 people
Jill Clayburgh
Caterina Silveri
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Matthew Barry
Joe Silveri
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Alpha Dog
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Veronica Lazăr
Marina
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The Beyond
Inferno
Renato Salvatori
Communist
Known for
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Rocco and His Brothers
Fred Gwynne
Douglas Winter
Known for
Pet Sematary
The Munsters
Alida Valli
Giuseppe's Mother
Known for
The Third Man
Eyes Without a Face
Elisabetta Campeti
Arianna
No other roles listed
Franco Citti
Man in Bar
Known for
Accattone
Oedipus Rex
Roberto Benigni
Upholsterer
Known for
Life Is Beautiful
To Rome with Love
Carlo Verdone
Director of Caracalla
Known for
The Great Beauty
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
Peter Eyre
Edward
Known for
Dragonslayer
Orlando
Mustapha Barat
Mustafa (as Stéphane Barat)
Also in
The Seven Kittens
A História do Olho
Bernardo Bertolucci Director · Clare Peploe Screenplay Giuseppe Bertolucci Screenplay
Worldwide gross $68M · Budget $5M · United States release August 29, 1979
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$68,204,193
Gross vs. budget
13.6×
Production
Fiction Cinematografica
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
Fiction Cinematografica S.p.a.
Production
Italy · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La Luna
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
Italy · August 29, 1979
Theatrical
United States · August 29, 1979
Theatrical
United States · December 6, 2016
Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
Denmark
November 12, 1979 · Theatrical
Finland
October 25, 1979 · Theatrical
France
October 2, 1979 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 9, 1979 · Theatrical
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