Bernardo Bertolucci died

In Rome, Monday at the age of 77, film director Bernardo Bertolucci died. It is reported by Reuters.

Recently, Bertolucci was sick.

The director was born on March 16, 1941 in Parma, the Emilia -Romania region, in the family of Atlio Bertolucci, a famous historian of art, poet and film critic. Since 1958 he studied modern literature at the University of Roman; Then he began to work as an assistant at the film director Pierre Paolo Pazolini. In 1961, he quit his studies, and a year later he released his first film "Bow Kuma".

Bertolucci's worldwide fame was brought by the films "Conformer" (1970) and "Last Tango in Paris" (1972). Among other works are the “Twentieth Century” (1976) and “The Last Emperor” (1987). In 1968, he released the film "Partner" based on the "double" Fedor Dostoevsky. In total, the director belongs to over 20 paintings.

Bertolucci was a Marxist. Many of his films are very politicized. In the mature years, the director became interested in Buddhist culture, which was reflected in the "Last Emperor" and "Little Buddha" (1993). Nevertheless, he remained an atheist until the end of his life.

In 2004, when the Union of Cinematographers of Russia intended to close the Museum of Cinema in Moscow, Bertolucci sent a letter to the museum .