The Sheltering Sky
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1990 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Director | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Cast | Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett |
| Genre | Drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Sheltering Sky | – |
| Español | El cielo protector | El cielo protector |
| Français | Un thé au Sahara | Un thé au Sahara |
| Deutsch | Himmel über der Wüste | Himmel über der Wüste |
| Português | O Céu que Nos Protege | O Céu que Nos Protege |
| Italiano | Il tè nel deserto | Il tè nel deserto |
| Русский | Под покровом небес | Pod pokrovom nebes |
| 中文（简体） | 遮蔽的天空 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 遮蔽的天空 | – |
| 한국어 | 마지막 사랑 | Majimak sarang |
| ไทย | The Sheltering Sky | The Sheltering Sky |
| Tiếng Việt | The Sheltering Sky | The Sheltering Sky |
| Bahasa Indonesia | The Sheltering Sky | The Sheltering Sky |
| 日本語 | シェルタリング・スカイ | Sherutaringu Sukai |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which existential drift and marital disintegration collide within desert displacement
■ Synopsis
An American couple travels through North Africa as distance, illness, desire, and alienation dissolve their relationship and identity.
■ RECIPE Tags
#ExistentialDrift #MaritalDisintegration #DesertAlienation #IdentityDissolution #SpiritualDisplacement
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Travel as escape from self
Reason: Movement across foreign space exposes rather than resolves inner emptiness.
Related Film: The Passenger - Middle: Marriage as shared alienation
Reason: The couple remains physically together while their inner worlds separate beyond repair.
Related Film: Journey to Italy - Core: Displacement beyond return
Reason: The conclusion moves from travel into irreversible dissolution of identity and belonging.
Related Film: Walkabout
■ Secondary Axes
- Desert as existential field: Landscape strips away social identity and leaves only exposed being.
Related Film: Lawrence of Arabia - Colonial gaze collapse: Foreign space resists possession and breaks the traveler’s interpretive authority.
Related Film: A Passage to India
■ Person
- Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cast: Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett
■ Structural Tags
#DisplacementStructure #IdentityDissolution #AlienationJourney
■ Attribute Tags
#BritishFilm #1990Film #DramaFilm
