La Luna 1979 Movie Okru Review

Revisiting Bernardo Bertolucci’s La Luna (1979): A Masterpiece of Melodrama and Taboo

"La Luna" (1979)

In the vast, ever-expanding library of world cinema, certain films fall through the cracks. They are neither obscure enough to be forgotten nor mainstream enough to appear on every streaming service. Bernardo Bertolucci’s is precisely such a film. Decades after its controversial debut, a new generation of cinephiles is discovering this twisted, operatic drama—not on Netflix or Criterion Channel, but on the surprising platform of OK.ru (Odnoklassniki).

• A Bertolucci completist.
• Interested in pre-1980s depictions of taboo sexuality.
• Studying Jill Clayburgh’s career (she won Cannes Best Actress for this).
• Comfortable with slow, operatic, uncomfortable art-house drama.

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