The Sheltering Sky
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The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 film adaptation of Paul Bowles’ novel, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and produced by Jeremy Thomas, that follows an American couple’s existential journey across North Africa after World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sheltering Sky canonical | 8 |
| novel The Sheltering Sky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6958092 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sheltering Sky Context triple: [Jeremy Thomas, notableWork, The Sheltering Sky]
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A.
Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces is a 2007 drama film adaptation of Anne Michaels’ novel, exploring memory, loss, and the lasting impact of the Holocaust through the life of a rescued Polish boy.
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B.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
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C.
The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian is a short story by Ray Bradbury that portrays a dystopian future where solitary walking is viewed as suspicious behavior in an oppressive, technology-obsessed society.
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D.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
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E.
The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness is Dorothy Day’s spiritual autobiography, chronicling her journey from radical activism to Catholic faith and the founding of the Catholic Worker movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sheltering Sky Target entity description: The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 film adaptation of Paul Bowles’ novel, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and produced by Jeremy Thomas, that follows an American couple’s existential journey across North Africa after World War II.
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A.
Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces is a 2007 drama film adaptation of Anne Michaels’ novel, exploring memory, loss, and the lasting impact of the Holocaust through the life of a rescued Polish boy.
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B.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
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C.
The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian is a short story by Ray Bradbury that portrays a dystopian future where solitary walking is viewed as suspicious behavior in an oppressive, technology-obsessed society.
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D.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
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E.
The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness is Dorothy Day’s spiritual autobiography, chronicling her journey from radical activism to Catholic faith and the founding of the Catholic Worker movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Paul Bowles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardRecipient | Ryuichi Sakamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Sheltering Sky (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Vittorio Storaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Ryuichi Sakamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Italy
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Japan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Bernardo Bertolucci NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editor | Gabriella Cristiani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEditingBy | Gabriella Cristiani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Algeria
NERFINISHED
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Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure drama
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drama ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationRelationshipWith | The Sheltering Sky (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Kit Moresby
NERFINISHED
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Port Moresby NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narratorInSourceNovel | Paul Bowles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Jeremy Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Recorded Picture Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 138 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bernardo Bertolucci
NERFINISHED
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Mark Peploe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | post-World War II ⓘ |
| starred |
Amina Annabi
NERFINISHED
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Campbell Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Debra Winger NERFINISHED ⓘ Jill Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ John Malkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ Timothy Spall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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cultural dislocation ⓘ existentialism ⓘ marital disintegration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sheltering Sky Description of subject: The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 film adaptation of Paul Bowles’ novel, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and produced by Jeremy Thomas, that follows an American couple’s existential journey across North Africa after World War II.
Referenced by (9)
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this entity surface form:
novel The Sheltering Sky