When an African dictator jails her husband, Shandurai goes into exile in Italy, studying medicine and keeping house for Mr. Kinsky, an eccentric English pianist and composer. She lives in one room of his Roman palazzo. He besieges her with flowers, gifts, and music, declaring passionately that he loves her, would go to Africa with her, would do anything for her. "What do you know of Africa?," she asks, then, in anguish, shouts, "Get my husband out of jail!" The rest of the film plays out the implications of this scene and leaves Shandurai with a choice.
Unfortunately the movie Besieged is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Bernardo Bertolucci | Director |
| Writing | Bernardo Bertolucci | Writer |
| Writing | James Lasdun | Story |
| Writing | Clare Peploe | Writer |
| Crew | Fabio Cianchetti | Cinematography |
| Production | Clare Peploe | Associate Producer |
| Production | Massimo Cortesi | Producer |
| Art | Gianni Silvestri | Production Design |
| Art | Cynthia Sleiter | Art Direction |
| Editing | Jacopo Quadri | Editor |
| Sound | Alessio Vlad | Original Music Composer |
