Besieged (1999)

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R | 1 hr 30 mins | Drama, Romance, Adaptation | Released: 5/21/1999 |Box Office Total: $2.0M

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Synopsis:

Shandurai is an African woman who has come to Europe, and is now the housekeeper for shy Englishman Jason Kinsky. The two of them live in his palatial villa outside of Rome, he composing music on his piano, she studying medicine in her spare time. Jason falls in love with Shandurai, but she rejects him, as she is married to a political prisoner whom she has been unable to contact since his arrest. The relationship of housekeeper and employer gradually reveals its secrets in an atmosphere of emotional intensity.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
5/21/1999

Director	Credit
Bernardo Bertolucci	Director
Cast	Credit
Thandie Newton	Shandurai
David Thewlis	Jason Kinsky
Claudio Santamaria	Agostino
John C Ojwang	Singer
Massimo DeRossi	Patient
Cyril Nri	Priest
Paul Osul	Piano Buyer
Veronica Lazar	Piano Buyer
Gianfranco Mazzoni	Piano Buyer
Mario DiMazzetti Pietralata	Piano Buyer
Andrea Quercia	Chief Pianist at Concert
Alexander Menis	Children at Concert
Natalia Mignosa	Children at Concert
Lorenzo Mollica	Children at Concert
Elena Perino	Children at Concert
Fernando Trombetti	Children at Concert
Veronica Visentin	Children at Concert
Production Credits	Credit
Massimo Cortesi	Producer
Clare Peploe	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Recorded Picture Company	Production Company
Fiction Cinematografica	Production Company
Navert Film	Production Company
Mediaset SPA	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Fine Line Features	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
New Line Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Adela Pictures	Theatrical Distributor
Alliance Releasing	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Medusa Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Rosebud SA Motion Picture Enterprises	Theatrical Distributor
Shani Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Bac Films Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Italy
Kenya
Writer	Credit
Bernardo Bertolucci	Screenplay
James Lasdun	From Story
Clare Peploe	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Gianni Silvestri	Production Designer
Cinzia Sleiter	Set Decorator
Casting	Credit
Lenny Juma	Casting Director
Lucy Boulting	Casting
Fabiola Banzi	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Salvatore Anversa	Steadicam Operator
Fabio Cianchetti	Director of Photography
Roberto DeNigris	Camera Operator
Music	Credit
Stefano Arnaldi	Music Performer
Stefano Arnaldi	Music Arranger - music arranger/performer
John C Ojwang	Song
John C Ojwang	Song Performer
Alessio Vlad	Music
Papa Wemba	Song
Papa Wemba	Song Performer
Andrea Quercia	Music Performer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Music
Salif Keita	Song Performer
Edvard Grieg	Music
S Mutela	Song
C Polloni	Song
Coro Bondeko	Song Performer
Johann Sebastian Bach	Music
John Coltrane	Song Performer
M Munan	Song
Alexander Scriabin	Music
Salif Keita	Song
Ludwig Van Beethoven	Music
Ry Cooder	Song Performer
Empire Bakuba	Song Performer
Coro Bondeko	Song
Frederic Chopin	Music
Little Tony	Song Performer
Richard Rodgers	Song
Oscar Hammerstein II	Song
Ali Farka Toure	Song - song arranger & performer
Paul Kalle	Song
A Ambrosino	Song
G Savino	Song
Production Management	Credit
Serena Canevari	Assistant Director
Suzanne Durrenberger	Script Supervisor
Andrea Filosa	Production Manager
Emanuele Lomiry	Unit Manager
Barbara Ruggeri	Production Coordinator
Jimmy Mukora	Location Manager
Luigi Melecchi	Production Manager
Jenny Pont	Production Coordinator
Henrique Laplaine	Assistant Director
Fabien Gerard	Script Supervisor
Ginevra Elkann	Assistant Director
Yahya Chavanga	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Sandro Peticca	Sound Editor
Maurizio Argentieri	Sound
Fausto Ancillai	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Metka Kosak	Costume Designer
Elisabetta DeLeonardis	Hair Stylist
Roberta Petrini	Makeup Artist

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