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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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