Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBernardo Bertolucci
Screenplay bySusan Minot
Story byBernardo Bertolucci
Produced byJeremy Thomas
Starring
CinematographyDarius Khondji
Edited byPietro Scalia
Music byRichard Hartley
Production
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Release dates
  • 29 March 1996 (1996-03-29) (Italy)
  • 16 May 1996 (1996-05-16) (France)
  • 23 August 1996 (1996-08-23) (United Kingdom)
Running time
  • 113 minutes
  • 119 minutes (DVD)
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
  • United Kingdom
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • German
Box office$12.7 million (Italy/US/UK)

Stealing Beauty (French: Beauté volée, lit.'Stolen Beauty'; Italian: Io ballo da sola, lit.'I Dance Alone') is a 1996 coming-of-age drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Jeremy Irons, Liv Tyler, Sinéad Cusack, Jean Marais, Donal McCann, D. W. Moffett, Stefania Sandrelli and Rachel Weisz. Written by Bertolucci and Susan Minot, the film is about a 19-year-old American girl who travels to a lush Tuscan villa near Siena to stay with family friends of her poet mother, who recently died. It is an international co-production of France, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Stealing Beauty was released in Italy in March 1996, and was officially selected for the 1996 Cannes Film Festival in May. It was released in the United States on 14 June 1996.

The film was made entirely in the Tuscany region of Italy during the summer of 1995. The main location for filming was the estate of Castello di Brolio, and a small villa on the property.