"Besieged"
1999
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci's provocative character study about an introverted concert pianist and composer who takes in an African woman in exile as his housekeeper.    Their relationship intensifies as the pianist declares his love for the woman, whose husband is a political prisoner. Of Bertolucci's work here, Jonathan Rosenbaum of The Reader said it is "a mosaic of images and singular editing patterns--it's the most interesting thing he's done in years, as well as the most pleasurable." Starring David Thewlis and Thandie Newton.  In English.  92 minutes.