Being Maria (2024)

Original title

Maria

Directed by

Jessica Palud

Genre

history, drama

Country

France

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

R 18+

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A biographical drama about actress Maria Schneider and her traumatic experience making the 1972 film Last Tango in Paris. It follows her life during and after that production, focusing on the personal consequences of that work.

intimateharrowingreflectiveperiodsensitivecharacter-drivendisturbingintense

What happens

Being Maria (French: Maria) is a 2024 French biographical drama film directed by Jessica Palud from a screenplay by Palud and Laurette Polmanss, freely adapted from Vanessa Schneider's 2018 memoir My Cousin Maria Schneider. It is about the actress Maria Schneider (1952–2011) and dramatizes her experiences working on Bernardo Bertolucci's feature film Last Tango in Paris (1972). It stars Anamaria Vartolomei in the title role, with Céleste Brunnquell, Giuseppe Maggio, Yvan Attal, Marie Gillain, Jonathan Couzinié and Matt Dillon (playing Marlon Brando) in supporting roles. It had its world premiere in the non-competitive Cannes Premiere section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2024. It was theatrically released on 19 June 2024 by Haut et Court. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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