"Who was Marlon Brando's co-star in the 1972 film ""Last Tango in Paris"", directed by Bernardo Bertolucci?"
Last Tango in Paris Last Tango in Paris Last Tango in Paris () is a 1972 Italian-French erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci which portrays a recently widowed American who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman. It stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, and Jean-Pierre Léaud. The film's raw portrayal of sexual violence and emotional turmoil led to international controversy and drew various levels of government censorship in different venues. Upon release in the United States, the most graphic scene was cut and the MPAA gave the film an X rating. After revisions were made to the MPAA ratings code,
Last Tango in Paris some were preserved by the National Film Library). Bertolucci was served with a four-month suspended sentence in prison and had his civil rights revoked for five years, depriving him of voting rights. In Canada, the film was banned by the Nova Scotia Board of Censors, leading to the landmark 1978 Supreme Court of Canada split decision in "Nova Scotia (Board of Censors) v McNeil", which upheld the provinces' right to censor films. Brando received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Bertolucci was nominated for Best Director. Last Tango in Paris Last Tango in Paris