‘Last Tango’ first of ‘banned’ series

The season starts with the 70s classic Last Tango in Paris staring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider. The Film starts at 7.30pm at the Nerve Centre in Magazine Street and admission is £4.

Last Tango in Paris, the film that took the world by storm with its strategy of sexual frankness and a towering performance by Marlon Brando.

A man, whose wife committed suicide, moves to Paris in the grip of an irresistible melancholy. A chance encounter with a young middle-class girl and their instant chemistry and explosive sexual connection will change both their lives.

The film was banned or cut throughout the entire world, considered as “self-serving pornography” and “obscene;” in Italy Bertolucci was served with a four month suspended sentence in prison and had his civil rights revoked for five years. The film is a torrid masterpiece about love and grief not to be missed.

Magic Lantern would also invite you to take advantage of two new membership schemes. For £25 members can get into all the films for free, including special screenings, for £70 members can take out a family membership.

For further information you can visit Magic Lantern Film Society’s website at www.magiclanternderry.co.uk, pick up a programme at the Nerve centre, as well as a selection of other key venue’s around the town.