THE SIEGE
synopsis
The story of a woman who flees Africa after a dictator puts her husband in jail and moves to Italy to work for an eccentric Italian pianist, who comes to fall in love with her.
| international title: | Besieged |
| original title: | Besieged |
| country: | Italy, United Kingdom |
| year: | 1998 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Berdardo Bertolucci |
| film run: | 93' |
| release date: | IT 05/02/1999 |
| screenplay: | James Lasdun, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clare Peploe |
| cast: | Thandie Newton, David Thewlis, Claudio Santamaria, John Ojwang, Massimo De Rossi, Cyril Nri, Paul Osul, Veronica Lazar |
| cinematography by: | Fabio Cianchetti |
| film editing: | Jacopo Quadri |
| art director: | Cynthia Sleiter |
| costumes designer: | Metka Kosak |
| music: | Alessio Vlad |
| producer: | Massimo Cortesi |
| production: | Fiction, BBC Films |
| distributor: | Polyfilm Verleih, Alamode Film, Best Film |
